Germans are critical of Chancellor Merz and his government

Guess that's what happens if you don't care for your people in general, but only for the few you call "the economy".

- Yes, but it's also a side-effect of the other parties taking over right-wing talking points
- Yep it's about time to pack up and leave the sinking ship Germany. Current polls show that the conservatives and far right hold over 50% combined.
  Courts will never order a new denazification out of fear of violating the constitution. And at the same time they'll trial anyone who takes it upon themselves to denazify the country. The only option is leaving at this point.
It‘s also what happens when people really do not pay attention during elections. He‘s doing exactly what I expected him to do: Giving to the rich and take it from everyone else. He pretty much said so himself. Of course the economy and the people will suffer from his destructive policies and it will only get worse the longer he‘s in office because he can not understand nor does he care about the 99%.

What government?

He spend years ranting about the former governent's uselessness (the one that did more work in 2 years than the usual C*U-led government in 8...) and making big promises... only to break them all within weeks of the election (some of the big ones even before becoming chancellor).

So what we got is yet another perfect example of right-wing populist reality: Making a big show of rolling back progress made by the former government as a diversion from all money gifted to his rich buddies while also silently keeping all the former government's neccessary but often unpopular changes he was most outspoken against. Sadly neither reality nor economy actually care for culture war bullshit.

It's basically "We are in power again so now everything will magically become better while we do nothing but enrich ourselves". And their brain-dead voters see no actual problem. Sure... they criticise the (obviously non-existent) results, but will still vote exactly the same again, like they do every single time (for reference: C*U lost only about 1.something % or so in polls since the election).

Heute show did a similar take on the rise of populism, rich buddies and neoliberalism and fooling all the idiots out there. (German language): https://youtube.com/watch?v=LZLZJWVFZvs (piped.video)

merz has to go. he's not helping the people; he's making everything worse by threatening to slash the social spending. if he behaves like this, he has simply no place in politics.

Question for Germans voters, please;

How should any current or future German PM navigate the increased foreign political influence by foreign antidemocratic institutions, like those by Russia, CCP and Heritage Foundation , via Afd ?

And, which three policy areas should German Politics focus on the next years, according to your pov?

Ban all (social) media that offers paid political advertisement at decix / BGP level 4 months prior to elections. Likely unpopular due to the high number of media addicts in society, but I bet it would be vastly effective.
Probably would work to outlaw paid political advertisement on all channels with every violation doubling the fine, but this is not as reliable as the former, because of the "culture war" angle. Plus, it would get drawn out in court until after the election, so not a good solution.
- Ban all (social) media that offers paid political advertisement
  Yeah, social media as it is now is more disruptive than informative.
Would say that it is the same here as it elsewhere, we need a strong counter narrative and a charismatic person that is fronted by a leading party that manages to deliver that, while cutting through all the bullshit spewed by the demagoguery of the right. We need fighters, not 'civility' politics against people that are anti-democratic.
We need better social policies and actually mean them. Those were what people wanted and often still want when they are baited by the right.
Right wing mention actual social issues, but "resolve" them with xenophobic "solutions", while also fabricating issues out of thin air, like immigrant crime, etc. Which suddenly all other parties think they need to address as well.

Germans are critical of ANY chancellor. They are critical of the hairdresser, the baker, the streets, the cutlery, the economy - it’s in their nature. The only challenge is, that in the next elections they will all vote rightwing afd, and they will complain about kanzler Weidel too - but then it will be too late to rescue the democracy. Dear (DW) journalists help us rescue our freedoms.