{"id":339829,"date":"2026-05-01T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/unpopular-merz-started-low-then-fell-through-the-floor-berlin-briefing-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:00:38","slug":"unpopular-merz-started-low-then-fell-through-the-floor-berlin-briefing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/unpopular-merz-started-low-then-fell-through-the-floor-berlin-briefing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpopular Merz &#8216;started low then fell through the floor&#8217; | Berlin Briefing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0OhCjpbjOBA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Unpopular Merz 'started low then fell through the floor' | Berlin Briefing Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0OhCjpbjOBA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>After taking office in May 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced what he called an \u201cautumn of reforms.\u201d However, it never materialized. Long periods of inaction and political gridlock are now taking their toll. According to opinion polls, many Germans are deeply disappointed with the governing coalition and have little hope that conditions will improve.<\/p>\n<p>#merz #bundestag #germany #dwgermanpolitics <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After taking office in May 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced what he called an \u201cautumn of reforms.\u201d However, it never materialized. Long periods of inaction and political gridlock are now taking their toll. According to opinion polls, many Germans are deeply disappointed with the governing coalition and have little hope that conditions will improve. #merz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[128853,130856,129898],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-339829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-after","tag-office","tag-taking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unpopular Merz &#039;started low then fell through the floor&#039; | Berlin Briefing Podcast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Unpopular Merz &#039;started low then fell through the floor&#039; | Berlin Briefing Podcast for free, here on News ISC. 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