I guess it would be obvious, regarding the dominance of the German state inside the EU, that the next one in this position will again be someone who serves the German interests the most. Only... after Weber didn't get elected, one didn't calculte with THIS name because she wasn't even elected into the European parliament. Before the election, there was no sign of her name being in the game, not even as a replacement, should Weber fail to get into that position.
And then AKK into the position of the secretery of defense. This came like... WTF?! It hadn't even been long since she became leader of the CDU party, and now they straight put her into a big position - an office that wasn't even left without scandals and troubles by her predecessor (and which you can expect she's not going to solve either). ...Well, admittedly this issue is surrounded by the rumor that this was a backroom decision that Merkel made on her own, more than the rest of her party or anybody else. Everyone acted literally surprised after these news went around. Because no-one had AKK on their tab for this office.
Only thing this now shows more obviously than ever before what the true face of the EU is if things reach a critical stage. In the end, they go along with their own plans, if they like to. And, by the way, the whole construction of the EU system within itself is like a step back to the times of the beginning of the state form "democracy" because, juding by its rules, it's a Rump Parliament ("Rumpfparlament"). More disregarding the actual rules of modern democracy than orientating by them.
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Only... after Weber didn't get elected, one didn't calculte with THIS name because she wasn't even elected into the European parliament. Before the election, there was no sign of her name being in the game, not even as a replacement, should Weber fail to get into that position.
And then AKK into the position of the secretery of defense.
This came like... WTF?! It hadn't even been long since she became leader of the CDU party, and now they straight put her into a big position - an office that wasn't even left without scandals and troubles by her predecessor (and which you can expect she's not going to solve either).
...Well, admittedly this issue is surrounded by the rumor that this was a backroom decision that Merkel made on her own, more than the rest of her party or anybody else. Everyone acted literally surprised after these news went around. Because no-one had AKK on their tab for this office.
Only thing this now shows more obviously than ever before what the true face of the EU is if things reach a critical stage.
In the end, they go along with their own plans, if they like to.
And, by the way, the whole construction of the EU system within itself is like a step back to the times of the beginning of the state form "democracy" because, juding by its rules, it's a Rump Parliament ("Rumpfparlament"). More disregarding the actual rules of modern democracy than orientating by them.