Criticism over Merkel?

I pulled up a short article today via Focus (the German news magazine).

There is a piece laid out by the former CDU Party foreign policy adviser....Norbert Röttgen.

What he suggests is that the German government (mostly referring to Chancellor Angela Merkel) is no longer able to handle or find any will.....for political change.

Through various words spoken to an interview in BILD....he suggests that the time has come to have a term limit for Chancellor....suggesting two terms (four years each).

In his commentary, he says that the nation has been in a somewhat crisis stage for several years, and unable to move forward.

The suggestion of state elections having an effect?  Well....in a couple of weeks, we will complete the Bavarian and Hessen election.  There are three state elections slated for 2019....all three in eastern Germany and figured to be dismal showings for the CDU Party (to be honest, for the SPD Party....the partner), as well.  Even the EU election in June....might not go that well.  The CDU Party is in some form of a decline, but you can suggest that over the SPD Party as well.  Combined, in the next election....they won't clear 50-percent of the national vote, and I think that is a major issue (never happened since WW II).

I noticed back in the summer of 2017....before the German national election, a poll came up and suggested that sixty-percent of Germans were ready for a new Chancellor and a new direction.  The problem is....no one really stands out from any party, and the public is asking for someone that simply doesn't exist.  The 2021 national election?  Presently, from the one SPD sure candidate and the primary CDU candidate being discussed.....you will get Merkel version 2.0 (carbon copy).  Selling people on either character will be difficult.

The idea of term limits?  It rarely comes up..  If you wrote that law, then you'd probably have to apply it for mayors and state premier-presidents, and I don't think folks want that established.

Where this term limit idea would fit on priorities of regular people?  Way down around problem 700, I think.  Most people just want a Chancellor who isn't an idiot....hasn't any scandals....doesn't drink excessively....and dresses in executive clothing.

Folks will discuss what Norbert Röttgen said over the weekend, and the intellectual folks will say he has a point in that things politically aren't changing much, but no one is really forcing the issue.