Germany went to the polls. The results are in. It is a sobering moment, this was the election of losers.
Let’s unpack what just happened:
With Friedrich Merz, BlackRock, the giant wealth fund that manages $11.3 trillion, has taken control of the strongest economy in the EU. However, Merz brought in one of the lowest election scores for the CDU ever.
The SPD was duly punished. Few people hold respect for former Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who remained silent when Joe Biden announced the end of Nord Stream 2, which he then implemented, according to Seymour Hersh.
The AfD did not make it, although with 20% they are now the second-strongest party in Germany. Alice Weidel will have to wait another four years.
The former liberal party, the FDP, was wiped out and did not clear the 5% hurdle. Goodbye.
Unfortunately for Sarah Wagenknecht, her new party, BSW, did not make the cut with 4.97%. It looks very much like their party was a victim of an intentionally poorly designed voting ballot, with their name disappearing in a double fold. Many voters simply thought her party was not on the ballot.
The only one who came out happy is Die Linke, the former East German Unity Party (SED). They won over 9 percentage points from the SPD.
When you take a closer look, German voters are fed up with the established parties and have turned in huge numbers to the fringe parties of AfD, DieLinke and BSW.
Who is the new chancellor?
With Friedrich Merz, Germany has elected a globalist, former board member of the WEF, Bilderberg attendee, and war hawk into power.
For four years, he was a member of the board of BlackRock. Let’s remember that BlackRock is heavily invested in Rheinmetall, the weapons manufacturer that builds the Leopard tanks. Rheinmetall is a generous sponsor of the CDU. There is a huge conflict of interest.
To make his intentions clear, he immediately posted a tweet: “Die Ukraine muss den Krieg gewinnen” (“Ukraine must prevail”). It is very likely that his pick for the defense ministry will be Pistorius, a dangerous war hawk.
It is clear that they will prepare Germany for war, making BlackRock’s shareholders happy.
Friedrich Merz has strange moral standards.
In 1997, when Germany finally decided to make rape within a marriage illegal, he voted against the new law. Hello?
In 2000, he suggested increasing the retirement age from 65 to 70 and then topped this by proposing to fully tax pensions.
In 2004, he proposed lifting worker protections for people older than 53 years upon employment.
In 2006, he went to court to prevent the disclosure of his various incomes.
In 2002, he told Germans in a TV interview, “not to be afraid of nuclear war!”
Although Merz has voiced repeated criticism of immigration, his first decision has been to keep Germany’s borders open and retract his election promise. That was apparently just a means to trick Germany into voting for him.
This election demonstrates what many have suspected. The german reunification has failed. This country remains as divided as ever. The AfD, light blue on this map, is the strongest party in the former East Germany while West Germany holds on to its traditional parties, the SPD and the CDU/CSU. Germany is more devided than ever.
What to expect for Europe
With Merz, Macron, and Starmer, the bankers have taken control over Europe. Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels will do her part.
While signals from the USA are hostile, Europe’s emancipation is not on the horizon.
It is a real possibility that Trump will pull troops out of Europe, collapse NATO, and shift control to the EU. Already, EU states are calling for the establishment of an EU army under EU Commission control. This would require Eurobonds to finance the project. The EU’s wet dream would be fulfilled: being able to directly tax EU citizens.
So, peace is not on the horizon.
Pushing through increased spending on arms and war efforts in Ukraine during times of austerity risks creating a lot of frustration. With the advent of AI and the loss of scores of jobs, expect a lot of anger, which will be funneled toward minorities and immigrants.
As all of these leaders are extremely unpopular and their hold on power is weak, we must expect a much more authoritarian Europe. Stringent laws against free speech, heavy-handed police interventions, and lawfare are already apparent.
Europe is still on its downward slope. It will take a couple more years before that changes. Buckle up!
Credit/Graphics: Tagesschau