The Union and the Chancellor Question: An Appeal for Stability

Well, finally, those in the CDU will have exclaimed, whose ears had already heard the silence ringing painfully. The radio silence of some CDU grandees was particularly noticeable after the Bavarian Prime Minister and CSU chairman Söder, previously better known as Fehller, supported Merz. However, the Prime Minister's “statement” is also evidence of how great they believe the hardship the Chancellor and his government are in is. Otherwise, they would not have had to make such an unprecedented statement.

One of its special features, however, is that you will find the name Merz in it as in vain as you would on the CDU election posters in the East. Only in the last sentence does the Federal Chancellor appear, nameless. A wild rogue who thinks evil of it.

But first, Wüst has to win his own election. And Merz is still Chancellor, elected for four years. One can only agree with the heads of government's statement that Germany needs a stable and effective federal government with its own majority. Anyone who recommends Merz to seek salvation as minority chancellor is recommending a jump into political chaos and a new election, from which the CDU (and certainly not the CSU) would probably not emerge as the strongest party. Such an experiment would be completely irresponsible at a time when Germany's freedom, security and prosperity are being threatened more massively than they have been for decades.

The “Statement” rightly points out how important Germany’s political and economic stability is for a united Europe that is under pressure from both outside and inside. Germany will have to offer even more leadership in the next few years. That's what the "External Chancellor" wants to do and can do - if the CDU and SPD keep their nerve and give him time to prove himself as Interior Chancellor and reformer. Now that the Electors of the Union have spoken, the lower party nobility could finally shut up.