Panic in Washington: Hitler's dream in the making
21.11.2016 23:20
Outgoing
US President Barack Obama has recently visited Berlin to pick a new
leader of the liberal West. In fact, Obama is bringing together an
anti-American bloc in Europe. It is a curiosity or panic? Can Angela
Merkel become such a leader, and whom will she rely on? Is she concerned
that Donald Trump may have her as the first course for a geopolitical
dinner?
On
Friday, Obama had meetings with five European heavyweights to find
himself a replacement as the leader of the Western world. Obama is
convinced that Trump will not be able to become one.
The re-election of François Hollande seems virtually impossible. British Prime Minister
Theresa May can
not be elected for ideological reasons - the UK is leaving the EU
betraying the European solidarity. Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi stirred
up a referendum on constitutional reforms (infringement of the rights
of the Senate), and the referendum is doomed to failure. Spanish leader
Mariano Rajoy chairs a minority government; Spain still remains in a deep debt crisis. Canadian Premier
Justin Trudeau was absent from the meeting in Berlin, and so was Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe.
The latter has had a conversation with Trump that left him satisfied.
Trudeau is busy with establishing a dialogue with Russian diplomats.
Thus, Obama has no one to choose from, and we can see
Angela Merkel becoming
a hostage to the dying Atlantic brotherhood. The New York Times called
her "the last defender of the liberal West." Merkel is supposed to take
Western values through the storm of nationalism, xenophobia and racism
inherent to Donald Trump, the newspaper wrote.
Let
us ask ourselves: is it panic in Washington, is it not? Or is it a
curious incident? The country that lost WWII is becoming the leader of
the West. Hitler's dream in the making. Merkel said on Sunday that she
would run for a fourth mandate and support the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP) - a project supported by Obama.
What
are Merkel's advantages in the opinion of Western journalists? After
eleven years in office, Angela Merkel has built the strongest economy in
Europe. She has coped with the
Greek crisis,
she controls the EU and remains committed to liberal values -
tolerance and all sorts of liberties. The leader of the free world today
is Angela Merkel, historian Timothy Garton Ash told The Guardian.
Can Angela Merkel become the German Chancellor for the fourth time?
Will
she be able to get the job again? To accomplish that, the CDU/CSU will
need to win the federal elections to the Bundestag in the autumn of 2017
and obtain the right to form the government. Austrian newspaper the
Contra Magazin wrote that 30 percent of support is the maximum what the
party alliance has. Currently, the CDU/CSU has 40 percent of Bundestag
seats. Merkel's popularity in Germany is extremely low due to the
refugee crisis. According to August polls, more than a half of German
citizens are opposed to the fourth term of Merkel as Chancellor. The
Germans are tired of 12 years of "Mutti's" reign.
Afterwards,
Merkel is supposed to become a coalition candidate. Her coalition
partner - the Bavarian Christians - harshly criticize her for ignoring
the interests of Bavaria in the
refugee crisis.
Merkel has failed to nominate her presidential candidate and promoted
the candidacy of Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the CDU/CSU
congress on behalf of the "broad coalition" with the SPD.
Merkel's
normal behavior in abnormal times may result in the appearance of
unexpected figures in the political scene, such as, for example,
nationalists, whom the Western liberal world fears greatly. This party
has the approval rating of only 14 percent, but this figure may double
due to the transition of the electorate from the SPD.
Finally,
there is the Trump factor, who builds interstate relations on personal
likes and dislikes. Trump will remind Merkel of her agreements with
Obama and do everything not to let her win the Bundestag elections. The
Americans have this leverage. When Schroeder did not follow the
Americans in Iraq, he quickly came across the opposition of the elites,
and gave way to Merkel. One should bear in mind the fact that all of
Germany's gold reserve is located in the USA, and there is a US army
base in Germany.
"If
you read German and European media, then, indeed, one gets the
impression that Mrs. Merkel is becoming a priestess of liberal religion,
whom Obama has blessed to maintain common Western values," Alexander
Rahr, director of the German-Russian Forum, German international
journalist told Pravda.Ru. "But if you imagine the people who will be
sitting at table during the G7 summit in eight months, there will be new
faces there, save for Merkel and the Japanese leader. Angela Merkel
will indeed continue preaching the idea of common liberal values.
Let's wait and see how she can handle it," the expert told Pravda.Ru.
Lyuba Lulko (Stepushova)
Pravda.Ru
Lyuba Lulko
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