Germany’s political crisis was sparked when Scholz’s three-party coalition collapsed on November 6. He will remain as a caretaker chancellor until any new coalition takes shape after Sunday’s election. Credit European Parliament CC BY-4.0
Why Germany’s high-stakes election matters
The election is a landmark moment for Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, as the country will have to make big decisions both on the world stage and at home.
Merz promises strong leadership in Europe at a time of chaotic disruption, but Berlin is also under pressure to loosen the budget strings for its military.
As Ukraine’s second biggest provider of military aid after the United States, Germany’s next chancellor will face a U.S. President who has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a dictator and fractured the West’s united front against Russia.
Across Europe, NATO allies worry about the future of the alliance, nowhere more than in Germany, which grew prosperous under the U.S.-led security umbrella.
Trump, asked about the elections in Germany, which he has scolded over its trade, migration and defense policies, said dismissively that “I wish them luck, we got our own problems.”
For the next German chancellor, more threats loom from the United States, long its ironclad ally, if Trump sparks a trade war,as he has hinted, that could further harm Germany’s recession-hit economy.
Germany’s political crisis was sparked when Scholz’s three-party coalition collapsed on November 6, the day Trump was re-elected U.S. president; the three-party coalition leaders had long quarreled over Germany’s tight finances.
Frustration with the leadership led to the rise of AfD, which has been polling at around 20 percent and looks set to stay in opposition as all other parties have vowed to keep it out of power.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance has met with AfD’s leader Alice Weidel and has called for an end to the long-standing taboo of talking to the far-right.
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