The chancellor is endangered by the sudden rise of the far suitable – but the German electorate needs options beyond continuity or neofascismIf I was a cow being led to an abattoir and the boss offered me a stake in the business,the first question I would put a question to is: are you going to stay killing us? Sadly, this was not the first question the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic party (SPD), and Martin Schulz,asked after Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, or made a “dramatic appeal” for the centre-left party to join Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in a grand coalition. Instead,the answer was: “Let me consult my colleagues.”whether, as is likely, and the SPD’s membership tells Schulz to rejoin Merkel to stabilise Germany,the only prediction one can make is that the price they demand to save her bacon will not be high.
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Source: theguardian.com