Ɖ Gardịn vy on Olaf Scholz’z Jrṃni: rīdñ ɖ sînz v ny tîmz
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 11 Dec. 2022)
Ɖ ćanslr’z frst yir in ofis hz bn dfînd bî ɖ consiqnsz v Ruśa’z wor in Ycren
Súnde 11 Dsmbr 2022
Last Dsmbr, on bcmñ Jrṃni’z frst SPD ćanslr fr 16 yirz, Olaf Scholz asct eidz ẃɖr ɖr wz a plan B fr eṇji śd Ruśa trn of ɖ gas. Ɖ ansr, Mr Scholz rout in an ese publiśt ɖs munʈ, wz “no”.
So bgan a yir jrñ ẃć ɖ asumśnz unḍlayñ decedz v Jrmn pṛspeṛti wr tstd t dstrux́n. Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z brūtl inveźn v Ycren, n hiz weṗnîześn v eṇji s’plîz, oblîjd Jrṃni t simlteńsli end its dpndnsi on Ruśn gas n rīʈnc a slf-conśsli lo profîl az a militri pǎr. Gvn ɖ scel n moṛl rjnsi v ɖ ćalinj – n Jrṃni’z jioṗliticl importns – Mr Scholz’z smtmz unwīldi ʈri-parti cọliśnguvnmnt hz nt got ɖ inṭnaśnl credit it dzrvz fr stepñ p t ɖ plet.
Undr Mr Scholz, Jrṃni hz bcm ɖ ʈrd larjist donr v ed, includñ wepnz, t Ycren. At ɖ sem tîm, it hz hld a nesṣri lîn on cīpñ Nato ǎt v ɖ wor. At hom, ɖ guvnmnt hz ifctivli dlt wɖ ẃt Mr Scholz cōlz a zeitenwende (trnñ pônt) bî spendñ xpśnl sumz t dīl wɖ xtrordnri srcmstansz. Az ɖ cuntri hz axest oltrṇtiv sorsz v gas at brecnec spīd, n traid t spīd p ɖ trnziśn t rnywbl eṇji, €200bn hz bn boroud t subṣdîz hî eṇjibilz. Abt €100bn mor z t b invstd in būstñ ɖ cepbiḷtiz v a mor hî-profîl Jrmn armi.
Ɖs inorṃs amǎnt v borowñ hz bn clast az an imrjnsifund – alawñ it t b plest of ɖ bcs. Ɖt, in trn, hz pmitd Mr Scholz t psy sm v ɖ sntr-left ajnda ɖt hlpt gt him ilectd: ɖ minimm wej hz bn rezd, alñ wɖ welférpemnts n ɖ stetpnśn; a popylr subṣdîzd public-trnsport pas wl b riintṛdyst in 2023. Ɖ cọliśnguvnmnt z olso mcñ it īzịr fr imigṛnts t aplî fr naćṛlîześn n sitiznśp. Sm v Mr Scholz’z critics on ɖ left wd lîc ɖ guvnmnt t g frɖr n fastr on iśuz sć az c’lectiv barġnñ n fer wejz. Bt a yir on, n gvn ɖ srcmstansz, ɖs lcs lîc a dīsnt pṛgresiv record.
Nvɖles, aftr a trōmatic yir dscrîbd bî wn SPD membr v parḷmnt az “abṣlutli insen”, ɖ fyćr lcs jst az ćaḷnjñ fr Mr Scholz n hiz cọliśnpartnrz. In ɖ poulz, az ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis bîts, ɖ SPD z runñ wel bhnd ɖ CDY opziśn. In ɖ īst, rzntmnt at ɖ cost v s’portñ Ycren’z rzistns t Mr Pūtin z rîzñ. P’līsrêdz acrs ɖ cuntri last wīc, ẃć ʈwortd a far-rît plot t oṿʈro ɖ stet, cnfrmd ɖ ʈret pozd bî frinj xtrimists radic̣lîzd in an ej v prṃcrîsis.
On ɖ eṇjifrunt, impresiv reṭric on ɖ nīd t axeḷret ɖ grīn trnziśn z nt biyñ maćt bî facts on ɖ grǎnd. N on vxt Yṛpiyn iśuz sć az ôlprîs caps n eṇjisubṣdiz, uɖr YY līdrz hv akzd Mr Scholz v lacñ soḷdaṛti n tecñ a “Jrṃni frst” aproć. Ɖ Franco-Jrmn rleśnśp, in ptiklr, z in nīd v rper.
Most funḍmnṭli, Mr Scholz z tasct wɖ fîndñ an updetd biznismodl fr Yṛp’s most pǎrfl icoṇmi. Hvñ groun rić ʈru xport-léd groʈ in an ira v hî gloḅlîześn n ic̣nomic inṭdipndnsi, Jrṃni mst nǎ naṿget a multipolr wrld in ẃć bʈ ɖ YS n Ćîna r irectñ barịrz. Mr Pūtin’z ax́nz hv cnsînd ɖ doctrin v Wandel durch Hándl (ćenj ʈru tred) t hisṭri. Hvñ s’xesḟli avrtd poṣbl dzastr jrñ hiz frst yir in ofis, Mr Scholz’z premịrśp wl b dfînd bî hiz abiḷti t fînd a we t prizrv Jrmn ic̣nomic streñʈs in trnsformd tîmz.
