Shock as German conservatives open door to cooperation with far-right

[avidamoeba@lemmy.ca]

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[viking@infosec.pub]

They didn't quite get it right:

1. The perpetrator was not due to be deported, he withdrew his request for asylum and pledged to leave on his own accord.

2. Merz didn't agree to start a coalition with the AfD, they merely agree on a key point (which is increased number of deportations for criminal immigrants).

[redstonevalley@sh.itjust.works]

Exactly. I think there is a real danger that Merz will turn that into a coalition later and my personal opinion of him is that he is a particularly nasty example of a morally bankrupt piece of shit (and always has been). But let's stick to the facts. This is neither a cooperation nor a coalition, yet.

[ahornsirup@feddit.org]

He won't, at least not this year. There are still too many people in the CDU who'd be up in arms against a coalition or any other form of formal cooperation with the AfD, and many of the CDU's voters are in the same boat. Not necessarily a majority in either case, but a big enough minority to kill any hopes of stable government or of winning an election with the party and electorate split.

Merz knows that. He's an asshole, not stupid.

[kreskin@lemmy.world]

Its only a "surprise" because they all pretend cooperating with Israelis is not already cooperating with the far right.

[redstonevalley@sh.itjust.works]

Are you still sure he's not an asshole AND stupid at the same time? He tried the same trick twice and failed miserably. Now he's being mocked by the afd and this dumb and reckless maneuver has probably cost his party quite a lot of votes (and most of those unfortunately will go to the afd).

[ahornsirup@feddit.org]

Nope. I overestimated him.

Doesn't mean that his party would go for an AfD coalition though. He hasn't even managed to get them to vote to pass a law with the AfD.