Bormio Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 The Interior Minister, head of the major coalition party aligned with Merkel, rejects her deal with EU countries on immigration, and announces his intention to resign from the government. Her government would no longer have a majority, and would inevitably fall, prompting new elections. These would almost certainly end her being the head of government. Trump might have a double quarter pounder tonight. #winning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Sportsnut said: Not the way things works son. It's actually exactly how things work there. https://www.yahoo.com/news/merkel-coalitions-fate-hangs-balance-over-elusive-migrant-084628908.html It's almost like Bormio read actual accounts of the situation prior to posting, and you...well...didn't. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 It's so funny to me- you radical right snowflakes are SO OBSESSED with immigration but NOT A WORD about record amount of government spending and debt. I guess anything to mask the real issues in this country. It is all a smoke screen and you guys are too uneducated to see it. So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Sportsnut said: Has there been other major defections? If the party in question (CSU) left the government, she would no longer command a majority in the legislature and would be head of a minority government. Now the Interior Minister could resign without the CSU leaving the coalition, but they would just be putting off the inevitable. She is a dead woman walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 31 minutes ago, Sportsnut said: I know that about not having the majority. We do that here as we have a president who did not win the popular vote. That is the majority, the popular vote. Yet that does not effectively end her govt. In a parliamentary system it does. The Socialists are already in the coalition. She would have to turn to the Greens for support, and give them the position of Interior Minister. Her own party would gag on that. She is afraid of new elections cause she might well get waxed and the right -wing AfD would almost certainly gain seats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 ^^^ Not sure was your point is. Germany has a parliamentary form of government. The power resides in the Bundestag. If Merkel does not maintain majority support there, her government will fall and there will be new elections. Right now she is flailing about to stay in power - usually a sign of someone in power too long and about to go down. She may survive this week, but she is very much weakened and likely to go soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 New York Times, Telegraph, Guardian, German mainstream news sites have all had articles in the last 24 hours. Google is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Can’t believe that sportsnut is too dumb/lazy to google the Parlementary system of government, and at least pretend to be interested in educating himself. That coupled with his weak attempts to filibuster away his face plant, cements his reputation as a low-quality poster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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