: “The Germans were grateful to her until the end of her fourth term, by bringing her to the zenith.

Despite the repeated crises she has faced, Angela Merkel's reign has been accompanied in Germany by sixteen years of stability and predictability.

Sunday evening, the Merkel era ended in uncertainty.

The Germans voted, but at the time of the results they still did not know which of the two - between the conservative Armin Laschet and the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz - would be the next chancellor, nor which coalition would lead Germany

Les Latest Nouvelles d'Alsace, “it is a form of tribute to Merkel, perhaps not the last. When it came time to separate from Mutti, the Germans chose not to prefer anyone to him. No leader expected to be the future chancellor for sure. The hearts of the voters, at the end of sixteen years of serenity, if not of happiness, balance cautiously between the contenders

begins for Germany what looks like a moment of truth

the learning in real time of its weaknesses, even of what could be likened to a political instability.

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the orientations of the country are in the hands of two parties which arrived behind the great historical rivals.

The Greens and the Liberals become the courted pivots of a government coalition.

They know it and, something unthinkable elsewhere, they negotiate among themselves to determine who, in their eyes, would be in good taste at the head of the federation.

the liberals and the Greens who make chancellors!" (…) At least one thing is practically certain in these crazy German elections: the ecologists and liberals of the FDP will participate in the government. And in the end, it is they, the junior partners, who will dictate their conditions and choose the most suitable chancellor, according to them, to govern post-Merkel Germany. The candidates of the SPD and the CDU having demanded - without majority - the chancellery, the situation of quasi-equality at the exit of the ballot boxes offers to the "small" parties the role of kingmakers.

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the collapse of the CDU mainly benefits the Greens via a young vote denouncing the German delays on the climate, digital technology and infrastructure.

As they embark on the most open government negotiations in their history, the leaders of the two major parties that survived the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification would be well advised to address this generational divide. which questions the legendary German political stability and their own survival. 

Europe will wait,

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The patience of Europeans will be severely tested.

The partners of Germany, and in the first place France, will be reassured by noting that on Sunday, the four parties likely to participate in the government have in common that they are in favor of the pursuit of European integration.

Still, between the German uncertainties and the French deadlines for next year, Europe's engine torque will probably be at a standstill until next spring.

The new elected environmentalist who hopes to shake up the Senate,

Liberation. “

The brand new senator, aged 36, defines herself as 'environmentalist, feminist, anti-racist and lesbian'. She is in a relationship with German MEP Terry Reintke. A position far from trivial,

Liberation, as the Senate is regularly portrayed as a dusty institution. "My election sends a strong message to people who do not feel represented in the Senate and who have the impression that it is inaccessible," said the elected, originally from Marseille. (…) Mélanie Vogel has spent a large part of her life outside national borders,

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After graduating from Sciences-Po Toulouse, the young woman flew to Chile, to work with Amnesty International.

She also lived in Canada.

She is currently the leader of the European Green Party.