Deutsche Welle: Political earthquake in German… The resignation of the partner party president puts Merkel’s government in the wind again
The chairman of the Social Democratic Party’s economic committee, Harald Krist, said Sunday that the party’s president Andrea Nahles had resigned, saying the decision raised real concerns about the coalition’s future.
“For all those who rejoiced today: what happened is a great loss for German policy, Nahles represented the continuity of the ruling coalition, which now has doubts about its stability”, he told the Bild newspaper.
With the decline of the Social Democrats, senior members of the Christian Democratic Union urged their partner not to put the coalition at risk.
“The mandate of the voters is valid for four years and the political parties must ensure stability in difficult times”, said Hans-Peter Friedrich, deputy head of the Christian Democratic Union bloc in parliament.
“No early end of the big coalition will benefit those who are on the margins of politics” he said.
The Reuters news agency quoted circles familiar with the Christian Democratic Party that it wants to continue the coalition with the Social Democratic Party, stressing that the socialist must confirm its responsibility towards the ruling coalition.
The head of the Bundesarchiv (Bundestag) party, Alexander Dobrnt, called on the Socialist Party to give a clear indication of its intention to move forward with the ruling coalition, expressing its respect and regret at the same time to resign.
Opposition parties, Greens, Left and Liberal met Nahles decision with respect and respect.
The Green Party presidency expressed its “hope that it would quickly resolve the issue of leadership so that it could focus on the tasks ahead”.
Liberal Party Chairman Alexander Lindner said on Twitter: “It’s an efficient and honest policy.
Her resignation gives us only an unstable government”.
But for the “Alternative for Germany” populist party, the government is beginning to disintegrate.
“The SPD is not only the Social Democratic Party, but the big coalition also looks like the dead on the political scene”, said leader of the party’s parliamentary bloc, Alice Fidel.
“The party of the alternative” Germany, the resignation of Merkel and her government, said that “who should resign in this country in order to make way for a new beginning is effective, is Angela Merkel and with the entire government”.
The deterioration of the popularity of the Socialist Party began years ago, only dragged.
It has deepened in the last few years, before being exposed to harm.
Was a blow to the recent European elections, and was also humiliated by losing first place on the same day in the elections of the state of Bremen, which has been his stronghold for decades.
