Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (Green Party) sees the political stability of Germany in danger. “It stank, damn it, very strongly of Weimar” when the Chancellor election of Friedrich Merz failed in the Bundestag on Tuesday, Fischer told the “Handelsblatt” on Friday. “A grand coalition is coming together, at least it calls itself so, but as we have seen, it will have to govern with a wobbly majority.” The vote marked the end of the old Federal Republic, even if Merz eventually secured the necessary majority in the second round of voting, he said. Fischer believes that the deputies who initially refused to vote for Merz can be found in both the SPD and the Union. “But from my point of view, the dissenters in the Union weigh more than the possible dissenters in the SPD fraction” said the former Green politician. Some conservatives seem ready to put the unity of the Union at risk. “If this continues, we will have a fundamental – if not existential – democracy problem in Germany.” The former Foreign Minister also sees the developments in the USA under President Donald Trump with great concern. “Trump’s policy has a strong character of self-destruction” said Fischer. “The USA, protected by two great oceans, without a real competitor in their hemisphere, neither in North nor South America, are actually not vulnerable from the outside. But from the inside, as we now see.” Globally, the former Green politician expects a period of instability, not least due to the “debt problem” of the USA. “If the USA gets into serious problems, it will have economic repercussions that ripple worldwide.
Former German Minister Warns of Political Instability in Germany Amidst Chancellor Election
