The corona pandemic and the measures imposed to combat it are devastating: Shops, restaurants, small theaters, religious communities, friendships, families, educational careers and opportunities for integration are - in some cases irretrievably - destroyed.
Another one could soon be added to the list of societal harm - the Union. At least the CDU and CSU as we knew them: as the anchor of stability of the good old Federal Republic, yes as the last European people's party. Because at the beginning of the third wave of infection and shortly before the election campaign, the leading C-politicians damage each other on the open stage. In a previously unknown form.