In my opinion, this is the main cleavage in the West. |
Merkel will be a Christian-Democratic chancellor in a Social Democratic government. |
The message of this election is that we'll have a long period of instability and a very short period for the next government, whatever it is. |
There will be a different tone. The form will change but not the content. |
This really gives no hope to anybody in Germany for political mobilization. Germans would like one idea, one phrase, one catchword to encourage them. This is the lowest common denominator. |
Whatever direction we go in will not be justified by history any more. It's no longer about history, but about the concrete problems that we have. This has really changed. |