Just FTR, I am still aghast. But as some commentators start to point out, the real trouble with the most likely coalition (in fact, the only realistic coalition…) is the impact the Chancellor-makers of the so-called liberals are going to have on the European project. The FDP is going to violently oppose fiscal integration within the EU. Most of the original start-up of the anti-EU party AfD came from corners of the society which would have been called “FDP-nah”, i.e. close to the “liberal” parties positions.
Macron is going to have serious trouble with the next bundesdeutschen minister of economy, and the minister of finances to a certain extent.
Junker, too.
Prediction: when shit hits the fan in a couple of months, the EU will have a serious row over money, and the German’s position won’t look sensible for basically everyone outside of Germany. Which, in turn, will strengthen the nationalists base in and outside of the FRG. =(
