... Sanctions Evasion
Now the chancellor’s seat will go to a longtime rival of Angela Merkel, who opposed “the upstart from East Germany” back in the early 2000s. Friedrich Merz is not just uncommitted to political continuity—he was elected to lead the CDU precisely to overhaul first the party itself and then Germany as a whole. For some, the “right turn” he promised has never materialized, but the sense of a “wind of change,” at least in the ranks of the Christian Democrats, is hard to deny.
As in last year’s elections to the European Parliament ...
... regain the support of the conservatives and attract a number of nationalist voters. Kramp-Karrenbauer somehow needs to take these wishes into account and try to build relations with the conservatives within her own party.
The New Chairperson of the CDU and Germany
The election of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in the elections for the leader of the CDU is likely a blessing for the German political system, as well as for the country as a whole. Kramp-Karrenbauer has a good relationship with the incumbent chancellor,...
The reasons to vote for right-wing AfD are the problems, not the AfD itself.
On one hand, the elections to the Bundestag on September 24 2017 in Germany were somewhat boring. The programmes of the parties in charge and designated parties, CDU and SPD, look similar. Too gibberish and far from facts were the appearances of Martin Schulz, designated candidate for chancellor of the social SPD. Too “mum-like” and an encumbrance to people the statements of Angela Merkel. Most other parties ...
