The German Elections: Schauble Out… For The Moment…

Schauble Joseph P Farrell – I’ve been meaning to comment on the German election results and what they might portend, but divining that will certainly be another case of high octane speculation, from start to finish. As is known by now, Mad Madam Merkel was returned to the Chancellorship. Hoch soll Sie leben, dreimal hoch! But enough of that. In referring to her as Mad Madam Merkel, I do quite deliberately mean to evoke images of the Disney cartoon character, Mad Madam Mim, for the physical – and policy – resemblance between the two is quite palpable.

But in spite of the way the election is being spun in some outlets, Frau Merkel returns as Bundeskanzlerin in a considerably weakened coalition government, and it remains to be seen how long this government will last. For one thing, the AfD (Alternativ fur Deutschland) Party, the party rejecting the wacky Gramscian multiculturalism agenda that, in the guise of refugee policy, seeks to transform German, and European culture, captured some 12.6% of the vote and 94 seats in the Bundestag. As for Frau Merkel’s CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party itself, its share of the votes plummeted from 41.6% percent in the previous election to under 33% in this last election. The source of these statistics is here (shared by Mr. V.T.):

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