As I've said earlier, AKK is an abhorrent pick for defense. She has zero credentials in defense policy and now she is all of a sudden supposed fix the mess Fliten Uschi has left and got rewarded for with the presidency of the European commission? While at the same time effectively running the CDU (into the ground)? Give me a break. Maybe we should hire actual high ranking personell out of the military instead of political hacks? The same at commerce, I'd like to have someone with business experience there while a union leader at the labor ministry. And then all these political masterminds wonder why their poling numbers are so low? Maybe they should waste the millions of dollars on consultants telling them this instead of what kind of furniture military bases need?
There are also some memes making the rounds on the social media platforms about Merkel's personnel choice for defense minister:
Aren't cabinet positions in parliamentary systems chosen based on relative standing of the MP within the governing party/coalition than their fit to the position? So AKK's background shouldn't matter.
Some of the memes seems to have bit sexist tone because it seems to imply that a man should be in charge of "manly" ministries like defense and women should in charge of "feminine" ministries like education.
