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A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more [he is a millionaire] (www.ft.com)

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geteilt von: https://lemm.ee/post/64272298

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Merz’s coalition must persuade younger generations to surrender more of their free time to support Europe’s largest economy

The coalition between Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats have, in their treaty which defines the political agenda until the next election, committed to incentives to persuade Germans to increase their working hours, and to delay retirement.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"middle class" (is that an accurate translation of "Mittelstand"? IDK, but leo says it is)

[–] Yolotan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, Mittelstand means small to medium sized companies.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know, but is there a neat translation that only has one or two words?

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Semantically, American "middle class" is closest to German "Mittelschicht".

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but Merz is specifically known for calling himself "Mittelstand" (and AFAIK he is not a business owner).

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

No, it was "obere Mittelschicht"/"upper middle class".