DWe can already look forward to it: intense speeches, exciting rhetoric.Imagine this constellation, for example: Hans-Georg Maaßen, a member of the CDU, 58 years old, newly joined the Bundestag, giving a speech to SDP politicians Kevin Kunett, 32 is also a member of parliament, vigorously reply.
Now, you don’t have to be a friend or girlfriend to one of them-if the standards of democracy and etiquette are maintained, this is a good thing for the most important German parliament when there is a heated debate in it. Of course, conflicts and quarrels should not be an end in themselves, as often seen in the AfD parliamentary group.
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The September federal election will not only end the official term of Chancellor Angela Merkel.In addition to her, there are other famous and/or long-serving members of Congress Bundestag Leave. Current investigations indicate that the representation of well-known politicians (Kühnert, Maaßen) and vocal groups (Fridays for Future) is declining. Political climate change?
certainly! This is the obvious answer.If this is the case, Kühnert and his Juso troops in 2018 Social Democratic Party He was almost driven into the opposition, and is now given a larger stage, the German parliament. But the Kühnert problem is not so clear. Indeed, Kühnert is a wild guy. He is proficient in rhetoric and tactics. He is good at leading SPD into a fierce storm (even without entering the opposition), and then with the support of “his” Jusos, unknown couple Saskia Esken and Norbert Walther-Borjans became a leader in the party.
But what is Kühnert doing these days? His surroundings became very quiet. This is because he went door-to-door in the peaceful Tempelhof-Schöneberg district of Berlin, using his face to hand flyers to citizens. Kunnet has a good place on the Berlin list and he will definitely enter the Bundestag. Nevertheless, he still hung up. Anything else would be stupid. This is what the quieter Kühnert left behind: smart and organized.
Kühnert will have to find his role in the parliament. The unwritten principle applies: no matter how well-known you are there. As a new member of the council, you rank first. Nevertheless, if the SPD parliamentary group is wise, it will allow its new members to speak in parliament. You can put Kühnert in the shop window. They don’t have that many kinds.
The SPD parliamentary caucus will definitely shrink. The 20.5% that the party won four years ago seems almost impossible to achieve today. This will also change the balance of power. Some members of Congress who are considered relatively conservative have left the Bundestag.Some other well-known politicians also announced their departures: for example Martin Schultz (He won 20.5% of the votes as a candidate for prime minister) and Christine Lambrecht, Federal Minister of Justice and Federal Executive Minister for Family Affairs.
The league still has a lot to do, except measureFormer parliamentary group leader Volker Kauder, (former) ministers Thomas de Maizière and Gerd Müller, and influential family expert Eckhardt Rehberg will also leave. After the liberal Merkel era following the return of Friedrich Merz, members of the Conservative Party and voters may expect a shift in focus.
Not only in Sauerland, where Merz is from, but on the list of candidates, more conservative candidates have defeated previous incumbents. In Frankfurt, for example, Matthias Zimmer, a long-time member of Congress, strongly opposed the interaction of dark, very conservative forces. Similar things happened in other electoral districts.However, the trend cannot be interpreted from it-let alone the rebound after 16 years Merkel.
The left-wing parties may have a power transfer, which is very interesting for the left-wing coalition after the election. The number of parliamentarians from East Germany may decrease. These are traditionally more realistic and political and less driven by ideology. For example, the reformer Stefan Liebich will not return to the Bundestag. In his role as a foreign policy spokesperson, when his parliamentary group’s love for Russia was out of control, Libig had already delivered a rebuttal. This voice will disappear in the future.
And vegetables? Your faction will grow. Maybe there are some complicated ideas. Maybe Jacob Brassel, only 20 years old. Blasel helped organize a major climate strike in Germany, and he marched with Greta Thunberg during Friday’s future protests. He is now eighth on the list of the Greens in Schleswig-Holstein. Entry into the Bundestag is feasible, even if it is not certain. However, in any case, climate activists will have an impact on the politics of all factions.
