German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office. She now ties with Conrad Adenaur who also was chancellor for four terms. Merkel’s conservatives easily outpaced the center-left Social Democrats. Nevertheless, the recent vote marks a significant shift in German politics, with initial projections showing the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party winning over 13 percent of the vote, thus becoming the first overtly right-wing party to win seats in the country’s federal parliament in over half a century.
The next four years promises to be spicy in German politics since Merkel has said she will not work with the (AfD) as historical revisionists and racists now have now managed to gain a political platform in the German Bundestag (Parliament). While it will change some of the culture debate in Germany, it is unlikely to change its ultimate trajectory.
The German nation is the undisputed leader of the European Union. Hardly do the European institutions make a move without Germany’s approval or initiation. Angela Merkel has been a key element in keeping Germany headed in the direction of enlarging the European Union. Consequently, Merkel has been very connected to the Vatican and has helped to reconstruct the Holy Roman Empire.
For now, forming a coalition government will be a challenge for Mrs. Merkel. The other parties are not that enthusiastic about working with Merkel’s Christian Democrats. But she is savvy enough, and has enough experience to know what to do to piece together a workable arrangement. And though it will have its difficulties, the German nation will certainly continue to lead the EU well into the future.
“Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts.” The Great Controversy, page 615.
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