Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz has heavily criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s reaction to the results of the European Parliament election, which were seen as a major blow for Scholz’s three-party coalition. Speaking in the German parliament on Wednesday, Merz said that the chancellor is “still unable and unwilling toself-criticize or correct” his own policies. “You are responsible for the fact that the problems in our country are not being solved,” said Merz, who leads the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and appears likely to be Scholz’s main challenger in the …