EU leaders remain calm and cautious in the face of Germany’s government crisis. The breakup of the traffic light coalition raises doubts about the strength of the EU’s economic engine and, therefore, Europe itself. For the moment, the bloc’s heads of state and government remain calm. Their message is one of tranquility, the situation is part of democratic normality, they ask “not to dramatize” and exclude that result in an earthquake that affects the community block.
As part of the meeting of the European Political Community, which brings together 47 countries from the region on Thursday in Budapest, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wanted to convey a message of democratic normality, excluding any type of tremor of land on community policy. “In democracies there are elections and we build governments,” the German said. The most important thing is that the EU is united to “face the challenges”, added the head of the Community Executive in the context of a meeting which the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, did not attend.
The motion of confidence that the head of the German executive will face next January, at a time when the United States is going through a change of command after the elections which gave victory to Donald Trump, opens up certain unknowns about the situation. main economy of the bloc. But that’s not all, the situation raises unknowns about the solidity of the European economy and the drift that could result in the face of a probable electoral appeal in Berlin, after the German Chancellor’s review at the beginning of the year .
Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo also ruled out any major repercussions of the German situation on the entire EU, who called for “not to dramatize” and rejected the loss of influence of the European economy. The liberal politician normalized the fact that in democracies, “governments collapse” and new governments must emerge. “When we have 27 countries, there is always someone in Europe in political transition,” he explained.
Although the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, described the situation as democratic normality, she also called for accountability in the coming months as “The EU is not strong without a strong Germany.”
“I am not worried because elections in democracies are completely normal,” said Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden. He also considered that this is to some extent a positive situation for Europe, given that France does not have a majority government in Parliament or a coalition has not yet been able to train in Belgium.
The argument came to underline the “instability” in three neighboring countries, which is why Frieden makes a “positive” reading of a possible electoral appeal in Germany. “I hope it happens soon”, added.
“We have confidence in the democratic institutions of the 27 member states. All of them have their democratic institutions, and we have confidence in these institutions,” said EU Council President Charles Michel.
The political instability spreading to the EU after the US election results is now adding uncertainty within the German executive. German Chancellor dismisses Finance Minister Christian Lindner their differences within the government coalition. Lindner’s tendency towards budgetary discipline clashes with the more social and economic perspective defended by his government partners.
“Minister Lindner blocked laws inappropriately,” the German Chancellor said in a statement. “Too often he has resorted to petty partisan tactics. “Too many times he has betrayed my trust.”
