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?).
Merkel was definitely one of the leftmost (or maybe “moderate”) mainstream Union politicians which arguably helped her to stay in office for 16 years
Don’t you dare to insult Mutti! 😡 /s
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.
Merkel is a statesperson. Trump on the other hand is just a jerk.
