Wow.
Talk about tying yourself in knots.
When last we left the country of some of my ancestors, the cordon sanitaire thrown ’round the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party by the mainstream players had fallen in a spectacular display of naked ‘I need their votes’ political maneuvering.
The head of the Christian Democrats, Freidrich Merz, had scandalized and shocked the country when he declared bygones were bygones, reaching across the aisle to AfD’s Alice Weidel for help in getting a comprehensive immigration reform package through the Bundestag.
…And, by Georg – he went through with it.
German CDU party breaks “firewall” by cooperation with AfDs
The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic party (CDU), Friedrich Merz, received criticism yesterday after his party set forth a proposal to limit migration into the country with the support of the…
