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Chancellor Olaf Scholz is usually a man of soft words. Only in exceptional cases does he raise his voice, as in last Friday's meeting.
Shouting is not Olaf Scholz's style. At a rally organized by the weekly "Zeit" last weekend, the chancellor asked: "Can we talk a little more calmly?" He was talking about his partners in the government and the heating debate, that is, the endless debate about changing the heating in Germany, where the Greens and the FDP are deadlocked. "I often think the debate could be a little more relaxed," he added.
It can be quieter: This is the motto of the German chancellor! Scholz would rather negotiate in the background, if it takes another 30 hours, than dominate the stage. He is so calm that with this calmness he is able to exert pressure on others.
Scholz often speaks so quietly and softly that it is difficult to understand him, despite the amplifiers.
Another Scholz
But there is another Scholz – at least judging from Friday's speech in Falkensee, Brandenburg, at the Social Democrats' "European Festival".
His reception at the Festival was rude, as many shouted and accused the chancellor of being a "warmonger", telling him: "Shut up!" and they asked him to establish "peace without weapons".
Scholzi grabbed the microphone with both hands and shouted back at the critics: "Dear, you who are shouting, the warmonger is Putin. He invaded Ukraine with 200,000 soldiers and killed an extremely large number of citizens, children and the elderly in Ukraine. To be clear: these are murders."
"I don't know if it was an outburst of anger," deputy government spokesman Wolfgang Bihner said Monday. It was a "loud response" to vocal protesters. The chancellor spoke very clearly and he is right to do so.
Even the parliamentary group of the SPD promoted on Twitter, as they say, "a chancellor who speaks clearly and loudly", perhaps precisely because such moments are an exception in his appearances.
"Everyone is a little bit right"
There are many reasons why leadership should be stronger. In the midst of disagreements in government, people do not need a loudmouth chancellor, but a chancellor who makes his position clear - be it on the heating bill or budget planning.
But Scholz does not appear often, on the contrary. Even at the meeting of the "Zeit" newspaper, Chancellor Scholz said calmly that "everyone is always a little bit right". So much for the content: the debate on the law of warming remains an unresolved topic. The law, which was introduced in the Bundestag, is much more advanced than the previous one.
Merzi's attitudes
Even in the Bundestag, Scholz is usually a quiet speaker, a man who sticks to the text. There are more emotions only when I put aside the prepared speech.
The reason for this is the opposition and CDU leader, Friedrich Merz. Last fall, a visibly emotional Scholz told Merz: "It's good that the Union is now in opposition so that we can be competitive and solve the problems of this country."
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) once said of Merz that he manages to make Scholz show emotions, and for that "it takes a lot".
The citizens have had their say
However: according to the latest poll conducted for the public broadcaster ARD Deutschlandtrend - only one in five citizens is satisfied with the government's work. While the right-wing party AfD is tied with the chancellor's party SPD, with 18 percent.
A very serious warning also for the policy of the chancellor and the German federal government. True, from his point of view, Scholz leads, but - quietly. But the fact is that this does not correspond to the vast majority of the population. In addition, according to the aforementioned poll, around 84 percent of Germans currently believe that Scholz should more clearly define the direction of the German government./dw
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