Germany’s Green Party Minister, Robert Habeck, has warned against excluding political alliances before the federal election. “This could lead a country into the unability to govern or into the arms of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)” Habeck said in an interview with the “Spitzengespräch” video format of the “Spiegel” magazine. “If the democratic parties believe that the separation of their programs among themselves is more important than what distinguishes them from non-democratic parties like the AfD, then they are committing a grave intellectual and historical mistake.”
The leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Söder, has once again ruled out the possibility of a black-green government. Habeck accused Merz of not being able to assert himself against the CSU. “This is an authority problem. Merz is the chancellor candidate and he must decide whether he will let Söder lead him or not” he said.
According to Habeck, Söder’s statements are a continuation of a pattern. “I was there when Markus Söder torpedoed Armin Laschet’s election campaign. And this is happening again” he said. The Union, Habeck claimed, is no longer united, but rather divided like a group of tinkerers.
In response to recent statements by CDU Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, who said he would not reappoint Habeck as Minister of Economics, Habeck expressed surprise. “It shows that Friedrich Merz still does not understand the depth of the economic crisis” he said. The crisis of the German economy has “structural problems that go back to the past” Habeck added. “And if Friedrich Merz believes that he can fix the economic crisis with nail polish, then he has been mistaken.