Scholz's Contorted Countenance: Top Memes from the Bundestag Blunder
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Olaf Scholz saunters through the Bundestag, his face etched with shock, his head shaking disheartenedly, and his brows knitted in shrewd dissatisfaction. It's a scene that should've seen Friedrich Merz rising as the new Federal Chancellor, yetHistorically, Merz faltered in the first round of voting. The moment, a footnote in German history, echoes in the halls of the Bundestag, as strikingly as Scholz's visage does.
In the ensuing hours after the political fiasco, this precise facial expression becomes an internet phenomenon. Scholz's visage can be applied to an extensive array of circumstances, as a cursory glance online confirms. The choicest examples in a nutshell.
The Finest Scholz Memes
The "taz" employs its Instagram account to render an all-too-familiar scenario: "When work comes in after hours." A still image of Scholz, appearing aghast in an aside, adorns the post - the so-called "side eye."
The widely accessed channel "funk" also joins in the fun, mimicking the Scholz scene in a professional environment: "When your vacation is already booked and you're surprised at the last minute by an urgent task." Was it a lucky break for Scholz, who perhaps had vacation plans jeopardized by Merz's floundering in the initial voting round?
The ARD satire segment "extra3" uses Scholz's visage for a meme and hypothesizes that the SPD politician was bound for the Maldives. "How Scholz navigates airport queues for schedule changes," reads the caption in the post.
Parents with school-aged children will recognize this situation: "When no one offers to help with PTA matters and it suddenly seems like everyone is looking to you." The Scholz facial expression can also fit this scenario.
Even in the realm of sports, Scholz memes persist. A fan club for the third-tier team Arminia Bielefeld - currently the sensation of German football - composes: "How I end a date (She couldn't even reel off Arminia players from the past decade)." Grimacing, Scholz's mug appears in the post.
Source of the meme images/videos: Phoenix livestream, 6.5.2025
- Olaf Scholz
- Friedrich Merz
- Chancellor election
- Signal effect
- Political satire websites like "taz" and "funk" have used Olaf Scholz's reaction in the Bundestag as a meme, depicting situations such as receiving work after hours and an unexpected urgent task at the office.
- The ARD satire segment "extra3" has created a meme where they speculate that Scholz was intended for a vacation in the Maldives.
- In the world of sports, fan clubs have applied Scholz's puzzled expression to scenarios like failing to impress a date with football knowledge.
- A Bundestag politician, possibly a member of the opposition, might find themselves in an amusing parallel with Scholz, as many online memes depict him looking incredulous during debates on pop-culture topics such as entertainment and pop-culture, much like Scholz's reaction during the chancellor election.
