But a Macron/Green alliance could make everything break down. Merkel DID understand how rickety the car actually was, so she never pushed things too far. The problem is, as this project gains hold, if Macron asserts himself, as well as the Greens, they will push down the accelerator on a car that is already disintegrating and breaking down. The Greens have the same goal of a federated Europe, except he wants it to control it with France at the helm, whereas the Greens want to use it to impose their green policies on everyone in Europe. If Macron wins next year in France, will he be Merkel’s replacement to keep Europe moving towards its goals? Mercouris: That’s his dream, to move it in the direction of his integrationist agenda.But at least she provided stability at the centre now with nobody to take her place, the stability isn’t likely to last. That is her legacy – people sense it even though they can’t fully articulate it. In terms of European politics, she didn’t hold things together – she caused the political culture of Europe to wither away, where people like Ursula von der Leyen are actually considered important. And it’s largely due to Merkel – she weakened all the political forces around her because it was how she remained in control. Only the Greens have grown, but they’re not convincing. She destroyed every political figure that could have posed a threat to her all the parties have been weakened, such as her own party, the CDU – it’s shrunk to half its size. She’s like a plant that destroys everything around it. Mercouris: That’s how she remained in power for as long as she did. Christoforou: she was bad for Europe she hollowed out the political system with no viable successor being left in place.
With her gone, things look much more fragile, even though nobody is sorry to see her go. Whatever we think of her, she WAS the keystone of the arch of German politics – she held things together. The immobilism of Merkel could give way to a chaos and a vacuum at the centre of Germany. If we are in that situation, and the AfD capitalize on the breakdown of the coalition (which means it could win more seats, even in west Germany), then the dysfunctional coalition could go on even longer. So there could actually NOT be a German government at all and for a very long time.
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So it could survive its full four years even as the various parties quarrel. How long is the govt going to last – the ‘traffic light’ coalition? Mercouris: the German political and constitutional system was established after WWII to create stability and not fall.Merkel has effectively left like a thief in the night the new people are unconvincing. The various parts of it don’t make sense, and its projects are globalist and utopian to an extreme degree, out of tune with many Germans and Europe generally. But there’s no optimism for the future, either, as the coalition that’s been formed doesn’t add up, despite Olaf Schulz generally regarded as a level-headed person. There is a sense of awareness that this supposed titan that dominated German and EU politics is a titan made of straw, who has left Germany and Europe in a much weaker place than when she found it. Mercouris: Her departure was extraordinarily anti-climactic.The new govt doesn’t look very strong, either.
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