Top political expert Ralph Schöllhammer confesses with a view to the year 2022: “I don’t like to be the pessimist on duty, but highlights in the positive will probably be limited.” There are many things that cause concern.
Nevertheless, Schöllhammer tried to be cautious optimism with a view to Omikron. Perhaps the new virus variant is milder in terms of its course, at the same time there is a lot of boosting and medicine is making great strides in the development of drugs. For these reasons, the next corona wall could not be quite so “apocalyptic”.
At the same time, however, numerous weaknesses in the state system and in politics have come to light. That is why major crises often act like catalysts. The studio guest quoted Napoleon: “War does not create character, it reveals it.” Confidence in politics is now shaken across Europe – apart from the northern countries.
It was the strength of Europeans to learn from others, as was the case during the Renaissance. At the moment, for example, one can learn a lot from Singapore, not from its authoritarian form of government, but with a view to the education and health system, and with a view to the governance. Now is the right time for reforms, “which we have been postponing for far too long. We continue to muddle, not just in Austria. We just can’t go on like we did before. “
Migration, poverty and economic upheavals will be major issues. The ECB is faced with the unfortunate choice of either continuing its low interest rate policy and accepting high inflation, or raising interest rates after all, and then risking the collapse of companies and stock market crashes.
The elections will be exciting, especially those in France, which are probably “the most important for Europe’s foreseeable future”. The question is: will you stay in the middle with Emmanuel Macron, or will there actually be a shift to the right, especially with the newcomer Éric Zemmour. Some things could shift. According to a survey by Zemmour, 67 percent of the French agreed that the French national character would disappear as a result of mass migration. “It’s getting tricky.”
Why Austria tends to take a long course when it comes to asylum, why politicians and the media in Germany overestimate the citizens’ approval of a pro-migration policy, and how things will continue in the USA: These are all other topics that Schöllhammer and eXXpress editor-in-chief deal with Richard Schmitt discusses.
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