Name almost any major challenge facing Europe today, and German flexibility and leadership is as needed as it is absent. Then there’s immigration law, which would benefit from a points-based approach like Canada’s to alleviate Germany’s shortage of skilled workers. ADADThe best that can be said about the present coalition is that it survived the refugee crisis of 2015-16 and restored order subsequently. So either Merkel or a successor would have a good chance of staying in power as a minority government. ADADIf a minority government fails, Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, would call new elections.

Source: Washington Post December 01, 2019 13:30 UTC