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Currently, Roesler's free-democratic party with the three points, F.D.P., shows measly three percentage points at the polls, sometimes even less. It would mean political meaninglessness if national elections for the German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, were held now.
The lately rejuvenated FDP's boy group or political kindergarten of Roesler's (38) and Co., only supervised by remaining liberal heavyweight and acting parliamentary club leader, but big loser in the state election of Rhineland-Palatinate as regional chairman as well, Rainer Bruederle (66), is only a paper tiger Chancellor Merkel has been playing with for more than two years.
Knowing that even a grand-coalition in a post-Merkel government is possible, the conservative CDU and the Bavarian sister party of Gov. Seehofer's CSU, are able to flex their muscles against their weakened junior partner.
Despite a Ms. Njet - Justice Minister, named Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, who doesn't want a softening of data protection in terms of telephone and internet connections in the fight against organized crime and domestic / international terrorism, the Merkel's union of CDU/CSU will have the upper hand in this respect too.
The Free-Democrats don't any any bargaining chips left.
They could have left the coalition at the very beginning when Ms. Merkel repeatedly rejected calls for tax cuts that the FDP had fought for and gained big success in the middle class.
But building up glue to their office chairs and licking the sweet poision of having hands on the levers of power have brought the former Westerwelle FDP to the verge of political collapse. It might still happen if the next state elections due in 2012 were lost.
Only a political miracle can help this party now.
Sorry, liberal guys, but I don't see even a silver lining at the horizon for you.
