Die Welt writes about Germany's decline. According to German journalist and writer Harald Martenstein, the German state no longer fulfills its most basic duties, and German domestic politics lacks respect for other people. Your comments about Berlin could even be about Budapest.
In the columns of Die Welt, Martenstein explained what he believed to be the conditions in Germany: "It always felt strange to return to Berlin from another metropolis, be it Vienna, Madrid, Miami or Zurich. I saw the ghostly Berlin airport, which was often half empty when I arrived, and it seemed too big. (…)
"The day before yesterday at the airport S-Bahn station, a homeless drunk was lying on the ground snoring in a pool of beer and urine."
The author added: In Berlin, people learned to ignore all of this. That
the parks have been left alone, the grass is tall, the gray concrete walls are covered with slogans and graffiti, dirt and decay everywhere, the construction is not progressing at all, the oil stains and the dirt dried into the cracked pavements were exactly the same last week and last month .
"You feel that the country is in decline, but the production of slogans and appeals is in full swing"
he added. According to him, this makes many people angry.
According to the author, Germans ask themselves: “Where is the respect that the state has for me? For my needs, my life's work? When will there be a flag in front of the town hall dedicated specifically to those who get up at six in the morning to send the children off, then deliver the mail, deliver packages or clean toilets? (…) Why do I pay roughly the highest taxes here and get so little back? And soon I would have to pay even higher taxes to get even less in return, both in respect and in benefits?”
German journalist and writer Harald Martenstein states: the state no longer fulfills its most basic tasks.
And only the AfD will benefit from all this
according to the author, it is the least likely that people will continue to vote for parties that they believe do not represent their interests, reads Mandineren .
Cover image: Illustration / MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry
