Berlin: After 16 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel did not seek re-election in the September 26th of Germany, but she is nothing but a paralyzed duck.
The possibility of a protracted coalition talk after the vote means Merkel will not leave the office in the near future and he fully intends to use his time after elections to suppress with foreign policy initiatives, said government officials.
Under the German Constitution, Merkel will remain a chancellor until the majority of Bundestag parliamentarians choose a successor, who is then sworn.
There is no formal limit on its current strength, even though Merkel is a consensus seeker and the previous Chancellor has not taken radicals.
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Ukraine and EU climate talks are two problems in his view.
“He must play an important role because everyone in Berlin will be involved in coalition talks,” the leading conservative said in Berlin about negotiations about the EU climate protection plan.
Armin Laschet, conservative conservative actors, and the leader of Greens’s colleague Robert Habeck, both expect coalition negotiations to run for the rest of the year.
After the September 24, 2017 election, they continued until the next parade.
Broken voting means the formation of a coalition can be more complicated this time, meaning Merkel can easily surpass its former mentor, Helmut Kohl, as a post-war chancellor that serves the longest, a note he will set on December 17.
Such scenarios will give Merkel the opportunity to mediate the new round of what is called ‘Normandy Format’ talking with Russia, Ukraine, and France in an effort to put out the conflict in East Ukraine – the negotiations pushed during the trip to Kyiv last month.
“I suggested working to hold another meeting at the level of political leadership with myself, the French President, and of course the President of Russia and Ukraine,” he said during the trip, explained this could happen after September 26.
One person is very nervous about his future role: French President Emmanuel Macron.
French diplomats said they were worried that coalition talks could drag into the first half of next year, when Macron would need a strong German partner, both to fight for his European agenda during the European Union Presidency which spun and when he faced the French presidential election.
“In this case, it will be the best for Macron if Merkel remains in the office until the presidential election in April 2022,” said Claire Demesmay, French expert at the German Council on foreign relations.
Merkel’s turbulent climate and the Macron government have surrounded what they can approve during the French European Union Presidency, and a productive tenure will increase the chances of re-election of Macron, said Demesmay.
“It would be very bad for him if the new coalition was formed at the beginning of 2022 – because the German pair would mostly be present for the agreement,” he added.
Merkel has indicated that he will have a role to play outside September in the EU climate protection plan, titled “Fit for 55”.
Said the difficult negotiations on this can begin while the new German government was formed and he still acted chancellor, he said in July: “We want to make sure we have a good handover.” The aim is not only to defend German interest.
Dubbed “Climate Chancellor” in 2007 to fight for this problem with the eight group of leaders and to push through the switch to renewable energy in Germany, Merkel wants the EU to move faster on climate protection.
One European Union diplomat, who refused named, said the block could use Merkel in the room during the conversation, even if the business negotiation policy on “Fit for 55” would be next year.
“The question is: Without Merkel in the room, will we be able to solve it (negotiations about climate policy)? I think we can …
but it will definitely be more difficult,” added diplomats.