Laschet withdraws back from union negotiations in Germany

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Participating in elections in Germany, it often seems like Armin Laschet can’t do anything good. Even after voting on Sunday morning, the incumbent to replace Angela Merkel inadvertently repressed, highlighting her choices in the world and disrupting them.

Election observers thought it should be read. But the error in the ballot box seems to represent a dangerous campaign for a man hoping to replace Merkel as chancellor of the Christian Democrats and their sister party in Bavaria, CSU. Lacking power, ideas and gravitas, Laschet led the middle-right on their worst results before in federal history, about 24%.

And yet, the CDU / CSU was able to reproduce enough space at the end of the campaign – thanks either Merkel’s late campaign on behalf of Laschet – seeking greater opportunities to form a coalition government. The final revival of the party was enough to save his career, for now. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. But Laschet told the “Elefantenrunde” election, or a TV show of candidates, that he would continue to chair the CDU and try to form alliances with the Greens and the Liberal Free Democrats. His arch-enemy, Bavarian leader Markus Söder, promised to help him.

Taking second place near the center, Laschet eliminated Olaf Scholz’s victory. Its Social Democrats were to be the largest party with about 26% of the vote and perhaps 10 seats higher than the CDU / CSU. Despite the negative effects on the old tradition, the SPD raised their 2017 voting share by 5.5 percent. About four months ago he was suffering 15-16% and looked like money.

Scholz also won the so-called “Merkel Social Democrat” vote from the middle-right by promising to continue his unwavering leadership. In better preparation than the contestants, they also laid out points that were interesting in traditional areas, such as low pay, in response to the wishes of modern voters.

Scholz is interested in the election. He may also refer to inconsistent protests that show he is eligible to vote to run for office as chancellor. He has the power to direct the negotiations of the treaty. But there is no legal rule to grant him this opportunity and his choices are limited. The alliance with the Greens, who did not do well in their elections, and the left-hand side will not make many. Laschet could have beaten her to the chancellery.

In all of the unexpected events of the tournament, Germany now has to have their first alliance in three modern ways. The official number of agreements has been reduced to two: the “Jamaica” agreement of the CDU / CSU, Greens and the FDP; or a Traffic light a combination of SPD, Greens and FDP – cited as a result of racist extremism.

Although the CDU or SPD may have a higher status, the potential contributors to the upcoming talks will be the Greens and the generous, who having a big difference, especially in economic terms. The FDP would prefer the Jamaican union; Greens a traffic light. What cost will they need in the agreement – and will they be willing to bring the negotiations to fruition? In 2017, negotiations on the Jamaican agreement were disrupted when the FDP was released. This time, they seem to be very difficult to deal with. Christian Lindner, FDP leader, also said Sunday night that he and his Green colleague Annalena Baerbock should try to find a partnership between them.

With the dictatorship of the former “people’s parties” in Germany declining, they could become smaller groups that are whipping up the difficult months to come.