Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2016-09-13.
La gente ha memoria buona: molto buona.
Ricorda ed aspetta.
Da protetta del Cancelliere Kohl, Angela Merkel si trovò nella situazione migliore per tradirlo pugnalandolo alla schiena.
«Ti tradirà il tuo migliore amico»
soleva dire don Gambino, che di tradimenti se ne intendeva.
Adesso le ruote sono girate, ed arrivano i conti da pagare. Si è trattati per come si è trattato.
I suoi sodali socialdemocratici la hanno scaricata e gli alleati della Csu non ne vogliono più sapere.
G20 di Hangzhou.
«Finally, at 11 p.m., she grabbed for her phone. This time, though, it was not for a discussion with the likes of Obama, Erdogan or Hollande and the topic was not Syria, the war in Ukraine or the global economy. Rather, it was the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania being held that day. And the number she dialed was that belonging to Horst Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to Merkel’s own Christian Democrats (CDU). ….
Back in Germany, it was only just after 5 p.m. and the polls hadn’t even closed yet, but all forecasts were trending in the same, depressing direction — toward a strong result for the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Despite their nominal political alliance, Seehofer has been one of the most vociferous critics of Merkel’s refugee policies, widely considered to be one of the triggers for the rise of the AfD. On the phone, Merkel tried to mollify Seehofer, but he said merely: “I really can’t say anything at the moment. I’m just speechless.” Merkel ended the conversation knowing that the CSU head wasn’t going to give her any peace. ….
There hasn’t as yet been an open revolt, but within the Chancellery, a combination of defiance and paranoia is spreading — a development that is reminiscent of the final days of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s 16-year reign.»
* * * * * * *
«Merkel’s tenure has become reminiscent of the late phases of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s time in power. He proved unable to step down and began to think he was irreplacable. He was ultimately voted out of office in 1998.»
*
«Merkel’s plan was never to step down the way Kohl did. During the final phase of his leadership, Kohl had been grumpy in his cabinet meetings, which Merkel experienced firsthand as his environment minister. At the end of the 1990s, in a conversation she had with German photographer Herlinde Koelbl, Merkel said, “I want at some point to find the right time to leave politics. That is much harder than I imagined it would be earlier. But I do not want to be a half-dead wreck when I leave politics.”»
*
«Kohl also wanted to leave politics at a time of his own choosing. He would later state that he had wanted to step down in 1996. “I thought 14 years were enough,” he said. “I had also achieved enough.” But then, a feeling of irreplaceability crept over the chancellor. Internally, he harbored doubts that his handpicked successor, Schäuble, would have the support of the FDP, the CDU’s junior coalition partner. He also feared the introduction of the European common currency would fall through without his leadership. “I have to push it through,” he said. For Merkel, refugee policy has become what the euro was for Kohl.»
*
«For a long time, Merkel had little more than a derisive smile for Kohl’s tendency to always see himself in historical terms. But at a national CDU party conference last December, she did the same in justifying her refugee policies.»
*
«French President Hollande is terrified of the national election in his country coming up next spring, which could see the rise of Marine Le Pen and her Front National party. In Britain, many view the refugee crisis as a self-inflicted problem that the German chancellor brought to the Continent. In a study for the University of Sheffield, Cologne-based sociologist Wolfgang Streeck attributed the Brexit vote in large part to the refugee crisis.»
*
Già.
«French President Hollande is terrified of the national election in his country coming up next spring, which could see the rise of Marine Le Pen and her Front National party.»
Adesso le ruote sono girate, ed arrivano i conti da pagare. Si è trattati per come si è trattato.
*
Un pensiero riguardo “L’Era Merkel è finita. Il Fantasma di Kohl. Der Spiegel.”
I commenti sono chiusi.