Kommentar: Union und SPD gefährden die Demokratie
Der AfD-Erfolg in Sachsen-Anhalt hat die Regierungsparteien in Schockstarre versetzt. Doch was Union und SPD jetzt aufbieten, um wieder Tritt zu fassen, lässt nichts Gutes erahnen.
The commentary warns that the Union and SPD are endangering democracy. The AfD does not need to govern to alter politics; it is enough if the Union and SPD lose their nerve in fear of it. The success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt has stunned the two ruling parties. They are now urgently seeking recipes to curb the right-wing populist surge.
This makes sense, as elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are approaching, and there are threats of significant vote losses. The CDU may be dangerously slipping. However, what the Union and SPD are currently offering to regain footing does not look promising. The coalition partners are grappling with their painstakingly negotiated decisions and honestly believe that a course change could help now.
Reforms, over which the Union and SPD have argued for months, are up for debate again. Compromises, over which parties battle, negotiate, and agree, lose their democratic value. This is dangerous. The compromise is at the core of parliamentary democracy. No party can fully implement its party program in a coalition. They argue, negotiate, and agree on what is set.
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