Merkel's party is defeated in local elections. In Germany, a turn towards a complete change of power is planned
Berlin - Kyiv, February 16 (PolitNavigator, Vasily Ablyazimov) - Angela Merkel's CDU party, which received the most votes in the previous parliamentary elections, is defeated in its traditional Hamburg. This could be the beginning of the decline of the CDU, they say German economic news.
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German economic news reports: “The CDU gets just 15,9% – a historic defeat for the party in the Hamburg elections. Such a major defeat for Angela Merkel may indicate that the twilight of the chancellor’s power has begun.”
Until now, the publication reports, the party has emerged victorious due to Angela Merkel’s high rating. The regional elections in Hamburg will not fundamentally affect federal politics, but they are very significant. A crisis has emerged in the CDU. The entire policy of the party is built on Merkel’s charisma and authority, while other charismatic figures who even slightly disagree with the general policy of the party are driven out of it in every possible way.
The CDU candidate in Hamburg, Dietrich Wersich, turned out to be too pale compared to his competitors, but this is not his fault, but the result of the CDU’s targeted personnel policy. More prominent figures who disagree even slightly with the European policy of the CDU or the position of Merkel and the party on Ukraine are not allowed to participate in the elections.
At the same time, to the left of the centrists and liberals, the SPD, the Left Party of Germany and the Greens are concentrating and uniting. “The victory of SYRIZA in Greece, the growth of Podemos in Spain,” the publication is confident, “is blowing in the face of German conservatives.”
In Germany, in general, as in most European countries, journalists believe, a red-green alliance of political forces is emerging instead of the currently ruling conservatives and liberals.
German economic news summarizes: “Angela Merkel looks tired. The CDU must ask itself after the Hamburg fiasco, who will come after Merkel." Journalists believe that the CDU is building a political ivory tower on a remote island, which will let no one in, which will ultimately lead to a complete change of power.
CDU general secretary Pieter Tauber said on Sunday evening: “This election shows how difficult it is to regain lost self-confidence.” This discovery could soon be applied far beyond Hamburg, meaning the decline of Angela Merkel's power has begun.
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