Angela Merkel has outlasted every prediction of her premature demise
plus its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union , and the Social Democrats , will get bogged down in trivial rows as politicians jostle to position themselves as Mrs Merkel’s rightful heir. Voters will grow frustrated, as will Germany’s partners; Emmanuel Macron has already made his irritation apparent.
Mrs Merkel’s long goodbye reshuffles the deck for the other big parties, too. The success of the Greens, who briefly topped polls earlier this year, forces that party to field endless questions over which of its two telegenic leaders will stand as chancellor, rather than the meaty policy matters they would prefer to discuss.
Yet should the coalition limp on into 2020, as most expect, the theatre of operations will shift to the. For now the party finds itself in wary limbo. As its leader, Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer has a target on her back. Since taking over she has made a string of unforced errors, has struggled to get a grip on the party administration and has presided over state-election losses and a polling slump. As a result she is now one of Germany’s least liked politicians.
But the gossip in Leipzig was ominous for Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer. Many party grandees, reportedly including Mrs Merkel, do not think she can crawl out of the pit she has dug herself. A large chunk ofmembers harbour a belief—or perhaps a grudge—that Mrs Merkel has warped the party out of recognition, sacrificing conservative edge for sludgy centrism, and fear her protégée may offer more of the same. And so enemies are circling.
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