It's extremely dangerous for Germany and its reputation as a country that is open to the world, it's also extremely dangerous for Merkel because a political movement is now opening up to the right of her conservative party and that had never happened before.

Thomas Jaeger

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Both the chancellor and (Bavaria's Horst) Seehofer are damaged. This is an agreement that cannot be implemented but it allows both of them to save face.

The CDU does not tend to ditch its leaders unless it realizes the... by Thomas Jaeger

The CDU does not tend to ditch its leaders unless it realizes the Titanic is sinking.

She gives a friendly face to a right-wing populist party that is, in parts, extreme right-wing and that's what makes her dangerous.

The AfD has been trying to cover a vast range, from those backing liberal economic policies to the national conservative patriots and all the way to the swamps of the far-right, they've tried to paper over the underlying conflict but that's blowing up in their faces.

They've tried to paper over the underlying conflict but that's blowing up in their faces, it's make or break time for the AfD. Either they'll sort it out or they're doomed.

It's incredible to see them squabbling like kindergarten children, merkel said all along it's better to ignore them, and it's good news for her that they're tearing themselves apart.

Thuringia will provide a model of how the three left parties can play together in the backyard, then you can think about trying it nationally as it's the only realistic way of getting the SPD into power.

Then you can think about trying it nationally as it's the only realistic way of getting the SPD into power, it may not work but it's a risk worth taking for the SPD.

He has to deal with the idea that the perpetrators are back. by Thomas Jaeger

He has to deal with the idea that the perpetrators are back.