Summary
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized her CDU party for relying on far-right AfD support to pass a migration motion, breaking a previous pledge.
Merkel’s rare intervention condemned CDU leader Friedrich Merz for enabling the vote, which passed by three votes.
Merz has taken a stricter stance on migration, blaming Merkel’s 2015 refugee policy.
The issue is central to Germany’s February 23 election amid recent violent attacks. Merkel urged democratic cooperation to prevent such incidents. Her criticism may weaken Merz’s position.
For those not on the know, here is some more context:
Angela Merkel was a very prominent figure in german politics, commonly known as “Mutti Merkel” (Mommy Merkel).
A lot of people do look back on her cancelor period quite fondly and her criticism of Merz collaborating with modern Nazis (AfD) does carry some weight. Merz burned a lot of political capital with his little stunt, demonstrated by one of the most popular CDU politicians turning against him.
The AfD is also not as popular here as some might think when looking from the outside in and efforts to ban them are underway, they are already classified in parts as an extremist group.
Source: I lived trough the time period when she was chancelor in Germany and know how people talked about her years later. Take it with a grain of salt, this is a more personal perspective
My favorite gif of Merkel …
https://tenor.com/en-CA/view/angela-merkel-putin-rolling-eyes-gif-12518353
Foo. I went to find the gif of trump “massaging” merkel at their first summit and didn’t find it. Anyone remember?
Trump comes up behind her and starts rubbing her shoulders and she’s all like “Ew! Get away from me you freakin rapist creep”
Lol. That was George Bush who did that one.
Oh god you’re right!
Fuck. We’ve had fucking shitheaded assholes for sooooooo long they’re all jelling together.
Is the the woman who shut down working Nuclear power plants?
Liberal who sled right telling Liberal who sled further right to not do that. Oh the irony
