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Friedrich Merz revealed he had invited Benjamin Netanyahu to visit and would find a way for Netanyahu to visit Germany without being arrested.

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[-] realitista@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago

I should have known it would take less than a day for this new world leader to dash my hope for him.

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 22 points 1 month ago

He is not leading anything at the moment. His party won the most votes, but is far from having 50% + 1 seat. Merz depends on forming a coalition, and he basically alienated everyone.

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 11 points 1 month ago

I'm living in Germany. At the moment, the country is seeking stability after the FDP crashed the government, so a coalition with SPD seems to be very realistic. The far right party on rank 2 is hated by everyone and other coalitions required 3 parties...

[-] Raylon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah the only option would be if SPD declares that they won't do a coalition if Merz becomes chancellor. But 1) that would require SPD to have some guts, which they don't have and 2) in that case the CDU would likely go for a minority government and work with AfD to push their cruel proposals.

So yeah, lile you say, realistically the GroKo is pretty much guaranteed.

[-] Lux18@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You really think they would collaborate with AfD? I thought they got the message with the backlash that has caused the last time they did that

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