In the past 48 hours, there's been a lot of chatter by opposition parties in Germany over the idea of firing the Economics Minister (Altmaier) and the Health Minister (Spahn). Public TV has picked up the chatter and carried it to the extreme.
On the value of firing both?
First, it'd toss the CDU Party (which both belong to).....for a loop, and probably bring down their public standing to around 24-percent over a two-month period....meaning the odds are that the Green Party would surge up for the September election.
If the SPD agreed (the coalition partner)? Merkel might look at the mess and just say fine....the coalition collapses now at this point (March), and we will have an early election (something that the SPD probably would go nuts over). How quick would an election occur? Figure roughly about 75 days (more or less).
Have either guy failed? Just my humble opinion.....both probably are among the better individuals to have held their job over the past twenty years. So, I'm not buying much into the idea of firing either one.
Why public TV wants to pump this story? The CDU has talked about downsizing them (Channel One/Two), and that's a good enough reason to criticize the party.
A quick election thrown into the works? I'm not sure it helps the CDU that much, but it might really force a different view by the public and present the Green Party a more challenging situation.
So, settle back to be entertained over the next two weeks.
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