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One magazine calls her “possibly the most effective leader on the planet.” Now Ardern faces the electorate.
Jacinda Ardern looks tired. With a green sweatshirt, without makeup and quite torn, she reports on Facebook. She has just put her daughter Neve to bed, she tells millions of viewers, “and that’s not compatible with a formal suit.”
Two sentences later, he condemns the nation to some of the toughest anti-crown measures in the world. Successfully. Last week, the nation had the pandemic under control.
Unite instead of separate
A woman negotiating bilateral economic relations with Washington between breastfeeding and diapering. But Jacinda Ardern’s communication style is contrary to Donald Trump’s: hope instead of fear, unity instead of separation, compassion instead of rejection.
After the attack in Christchurch in March 2019, in which 51 praying Muslims were the victims of a right-wing extremist terrorist, he only spoke of reconciliation in the funeral speech.
Fight against terrorism and violent extremism: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on May 15, 2019 for the “Christchurch Call-Out Meeting” in Paris.
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Ardern had studied politics, but he did not come from a political dynasty. His father is a policeman, his mother is an assistant in a catering company. His first job was in a fish and chip shop. In 2017, he came to power almost by accident after the Labor Party sent its boss into the desert shortly before the polls and then won the election. As the new party leader, she became Prime Minister at age 37.
Analyst: bland politician – great communicator
Serious critics are hard to find outside of Ardern’s political opposition, the National Conservative Party. One is Bryce Edwards. In an interview with SRF, the political analyst and prominent media commentator sees an “essentially centrist and bland politician who conveys carefully crafted messages that are actually empty.” But even he speaks of a “great prime minister” with an “incredible talent for communication.”
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will appear before the press in Wellington on August 12, 2020: previously four cases of coronavirus from an unknown source had been discovered in a home in Auckland. There were no reports for the first after 102 days. At the time, it was doubtful that the elections could go ahead as planned.
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Ardern’s opponents know not to underestimate them. The intransigence with which it implemented the anti-crown measures is just the latest example of a remarkable level of assertiveness.
Days after the elections, Ardern had put into play: “New Zealand’s economy must once again serve New Zealanders” was his response to the years of a conservative government driven by neoliberal ideology.
Jacinda Ardern at the Redcliffs School reopening ceremony in Christchurch this past June. Nine years after the great earthquake, the rebuilt facility was able to start over.
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She called off her plans to cut taxes. Healthcare and training are a priority. Buying stops for foreigners in the overheated housing market should alleviate the drastic housing shortage.
Not all promises kept
However, critics such as Bryce Edwards point out that Ardern failed to meet some of the goals that Labor campaigned on in 2017. Plans to improve the availability of affordable living space in the course of the state’s construction of 100,000 homes did not even have begun to be realized. The gap between rich and poor has also increased.
Election debate in Auckland on September 30, 2020. Labor Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National Party Leader Judith Collins turn the pages.
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The analyst expects an “overwhelming victory for Labor” on Saturday. If not? Ardern sees his future pragmatically. “We are all replaceable,” said the politician. In the event of failure, he would have more time for his young daughter and her partner Clarke Gayford. At the moment, most of the time she changes diapers.
