The overton window has shifted so much again that the former political ‘enemy’ of greens and leftists somewhat morphed into an ally for representative democracy, rule of law and dare I say ‘international cooperation’?
Trump II is such a strong external shock that the idea of the populous center party in proportional representation is becoming weirder and weirder (German example: How can Söder or Linnemann and Merkel or Günther exist in the same political party?).
Don’t you dare to insult Mutti! 😡 /s
Merkel was definitely one of the leftmost (or maybe “moderate”) mainstream Union politicians which arguably helped her to stay in office for 16 years
Merkel is a statesperson. Trump on the other hand is just a jerk.
Oh yeah, the Greek debt crisis moved her to tears so much she had to let Schäuble block any actual solutions and force the country into destructive austerity.
