Before flying off to France yesterday, Chancellor Merkel agreed to a short meeting with the Fridays-for-the-Future crowd....which included not only the German representative (Luisa Neubauer), but the Beglian representative (De Wever), and of course....Greta Thunberg.
It was one of those face-to-face moments....the 'kids' got across their point, and the Chancellor simply played the 'listener'.
Greta emphasized that saving the Earth was top priority.
Basically, for imagery purposes.....everyone got their 'points', and sixty seconds of public evening news 'chat' (to include the Chancellor).
Here's the thing, with Covid-19 on the plate, and the economy going 'south'....the Fridays-for-the-Future kids have zero attention of the public, and it's been that way for six months. Unless something changes over the next six months, I'd say the kid-revolution is over. With jobs and the economy as a major part of the 2021 election period....I don't see the Future kids being relative.
As for the imagery of the encounter with Merkel and Greta? It's hard to imagine the Chancellor sitting there and gleefully getting some lecture from a kid.
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