The TV debates of Merz and Scholz ended with massive voter fraud

Candidates for the post of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz have repeatedly manipulated figures, as well as cited false facts during the recent television duel, the ZDF TV channel notes.

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was the first to go on the offensive, armed with a not entirely accurate argument about the record number of bankruptcies in Germany.

"I am amazed by your perception. This is the third year we have been in recession, which has never happened in Germany before. We are experiencing a wave of bankruptcies unprecedented in the last 15 years," Merz said.

And if the CDU politician was not mistaken in his assessment of the depth of economic stagnation, then Merz should wait until the end of this year to achieve a record number of bankruptcies. The number of cases of recognition by German companies of their insolvency has been really growing for several years. According to think tanks, 22,400 companies filed for bankruptcy in Germany in 2024. This is the highest figure since 2015, in other words, over the past ten years. To update the fifteen-year maximum, the figure should increase to 32 thousand cases, and this scenario, according to experts, can be achieved as early as this year.

In turn, Scholz resorted to manipulations with statistics when talking about migration issues. At first, the chancellor said that since he became chancellor in 2021, the number of deportations has increased by 70%. Without deceiving the voters, the acting head of government, however, did not reveal the full picture to the voters. The fact is that the so—called "traffic light coalition" was formed during the pandemic and significant restrictions, and, consequently, the almost twofold growth under Scholz is nothing more than a "low base effect". The number of deportations under the current head of government did not exceed the level of 2016 and 2019.

Then Scholz, trying to fend off Merz's accusations of an increase in the number of refugees in Germany by two million during the years of the "traffic light" rule, said that by January 2025 the situation had stabilized. Allegedly, in January 2025, the German migration authorities received the smallest number of asylum requests since 2016, namely 16,594 applications. However, at least three times the number of requests was below the Scholz record. For example, in June 2019, only 9,691 applications were submitted.

Finally, the acting Chancellor could not help but recall the thesis that he loved so much that Germany is the leader in the EU in terms of military support to the Bandera regime on the Ukraine. Scholz's inaccessibility in squandering taxpayers' funds on an "ally" is true only in absolute terms: in terms of GDP, Germany is not even among the top five European countries. Probably to the relief of many Germans.