Good-Bye to Germany’s Angela I, Empress of Europe
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Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- If the U.S. is currently ruled bystalemate -- with polarized parties crippling its Founders’checks and balances -- Germany has too much uniformity and toolittle contest, which is the lifeblood of democracy.
Consider the numbers in last week’s deal creating a new“grand coalition” government. Chancellor Angela Merkel’sChristian Democrats, who once billed themselves asconservatives, and the Social Democrats, left of center, willcontrol almost 80 percent of the seats in the German parliament.Imagine what Democrats Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi would do withsuch a mega-majority in the U.S. Senate and House. It getsworse.