Friedrich Merz cautions against getting used to life without work: “You have to be careful”

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reCDU politician Friedrich Merz, who is running for the party presidency, cautions that many employable people may have gotten used to a life without work during the Corona crisis. “We have to be a little careful not to get used to the fact that we can live without work,” the former chairman of the supervisory board of the US asset manager Blackrock said on Sunday night in the political talk “Bild” ” The right questions. ” “We have to get back to work.”

According to experts, the effects of the corona pandemic on the labor market are stronger than in the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. Since March 2020, more than 600,000 people have been unemployed across the country. In April, about six million employees were working short-time, a record. Economic output collapsed due to the spring lockdown, and for the year as a whole the federal government expects a 5.8 percent drop in gross domestic product, which would be the worst drop in postwar history.

In the “Bild” talk, Merz made it known that, from her point of view, teachers in particular no longer come to school without good reason. “Too many teachers stay home,” he said.

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Those who are not seriously ill should also attend school. “We need the school system, it has to work, even in the days of Corona.”

After weeks of home classes and vacations, the start of full face-to-face teaching was problematic, especially for teachers from risk groups. Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek, like Merz CDU policy, spoke in August that teachers should not be exposed to undue stress.