PrintSeptember 28, 2009
Another Blow to European Leftism
Angela Merkel squeaked out a plurality in the German Bundestag four years ago and formed, along with the leftist Social Democrat Party, a grand coalition to govern Germany. Those conservatives who expected a major change in Germany were bound to be disappointed: the parties of the left in Germany formed an actual majority in the Bundestag, and Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) could not form a government to actually move Germany away from collectivism with the market-oriented Free Democrats.All that changed on September 27. The German general election followed almost exactly the script written by several years of polling data in Germany. The Christian Democrats substantially increased their strength in the Bundestag and, in alliance with the also robust Free Democrat Party, Merkel can form a right of center government in Germany. The Christian Democrats remain the strongest party in the Bundestrat, that part of the German national...(Read Full Article)
