Dear All
Although some elections can be quite boring and a non event especially
when a particular party dominates, the recent election in Germany is getting
interesting. You might ask, why, the reason is that Angela Merkel has been sent
a message by the German people.
It was short and to the point, ‘we don’t want you anymore’.
Angela Merkel has damaged Germany , and beyond due to her
policies concerning the country and the EU and how it operates. The EU is in
trouble, it is in desperate need of reform, now we are seeing nation after
nation turning to what the press are describing as the far Right.
So, what is the far right, this is an overused term to smear
political opponents and the press has done a lot to devalue the term along with
political thugs, such as the regressive left and supposed ‘liberals’. The
problems which Europe faces now are complex
because a power struggle has developed. In Germany , the anti Merkel faction of
the population has been driven to back AfD, Alternative for Deutschland. Merkel
and the political elite ignored the people, so people started to listen to
other voices.
Now Angela Merkel faces the stark reality which was always
coming with the collapse of coalition talks, this time Merkel can’t muddle
through, not with AfD having 94 seats. Germany is paying the political
price for leaving its poor behind under the leadership of Merkel’s party.
When you ignore the people, you set yourself on the road to
disaster, eventually the majority catch on that you don’t represent them. Who
Merkel represents is clear however, she represents big business, big corporations
and big money because they and Merkel want the dream of a united Europe which is falling apart.
Germans, Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Austria and
others in the EU are finding national pride; this is suppressed as the EU
attempted to push a super state agenda. People like Viktor Orban , Hungary Europe .
There is a lot of anger in Europe .
As I mentioned, I favour hard Brexit, although the Europeans
claim Britain is holding up the talks, there isn’t a settled will in Europe due
to the German crisis, this means the EU leadership and the European Commission
are far too preoccupied with political chaos in Germany. Brexit was a shock to
the EU but what is happening in Germany
is a bigger threat to their grand European dream.
AfD, Alternative for Deutschland aren’t signed up to the
European agenda, they are rooted in a people’s party. There is now a stridently
and tangible anti-Brussels, anti-migrant and anti-Establishment movement
growing right across Europe as people are sick of being treated as second class
citizens in their own country. In Britain , we still have people who
are the bitter Remoaners who think and continue to fight to try and stop Brexit,
they show the contempt for ordinary people and sneer at Leavers for their
stupidity.
In Britain ,
there is part of the political elite who are unable to accept the decision has
been made, soon enough, next year they will have to acknowledge there is no way
back because there will be no membership.
To return to Germany ,
an ally of Angela Merkel has given Germany ’s parties three weeks to
thrash out a deal and form a stable government. At present, the collapse of
talks between the chancellor’s conservative bloc, the pro-business Free
Democrats and the greens has thrown Germany into political uncertainty
and raised the prospect of new elections.
Merkel is on shaky ground and new elections probably will
not solve her problem, in fact it could make matters worse. Peter Altmaier, the
chancellery chief and acting finance minister, said:
‘We must be in a situation in the next three weeks where
there is clarity about whether there can be a stable government on the basis of
this election result.’
Is Angela Merkel right to gamble on new elections in
preference to leading an unstable minority government or will she accept that
her time is over?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
2 comments:
As i see it these 'progressives' have taken over the left & have moved so far left, in their thinking at least, that ANYBODY who doesnt share their views are deemed to be 'far right'. This then allows them to try & shame anybody who has different opinions by branding them as nazis or fascists, which is then played-up by the media.
Also, i might be being a bit cynical here George but dont you think theres a typical EU tactic at work here with regards to the coalition talks collapsing?
.... 'make no agreements, which forces another election & keep getting them to vote until they get the outcome they want.'
The EU has history of this, albeit at EU level but they do have a massive influence on German politics.
Merkel has nobody to blame but herself. She didn't listen to reasonable concerns, even when there were truck attacks in Berlin, and now she's paying the price. She deserves it.
Also, the EU have embarrassed themselves with virtually deleting all UK entries to European Capital of Culture, despite the fact that Britain hasn't left yet, and countries outside the EU are allowed in. Sure, relations with Europe are frosty at best, and I'm sure we can survive without it, but their behaviour is childish and petty. Do my fellow remainers really think that protesting the vote and temper tantrums like this are going to help?
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