During the previous European election campaign, Angela Merkel's face was everywhere. This time, she is rarely seen
!” blared the loudspeakers, as the grandees of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union , and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union , merrily marched on stage in Münster on April 27th. For once, the musical choice seemed apt. Last year a sororal row over immigration between the two conservative parties nearly tore Germany’s government apart. But all was forgotten as they launched their joint campaign for the European election on May 26th.
These days her engagements are typically devoted to shoring up multilateralism or celebrating Germany’s constitution, the sorts of themes one might expect from a ceremonial president. But on foreign policy, Mrs Merkel remains vigorously hands-on. This week, along with Emmanuel Macron, she corralled eight Balkan leaders for a meeting in Berlin before jetting off on a three-day tour of the Sahel.
Mrs Merkel insists that she has no plans to quit the chancellery before her term expires in 2021. But Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer is being groomed for the top job, and the innovation of splitting the two posts guarantees endless speculation about the timing and manner of a handover that would probably shatter the coalition and trigger an election.
Despite the jitters, the smart money still says that Mrs Merkel will serve out her term. The chancellor who, as a child, once hesitated on a diving board for an hour before finally jumping, will not be rushed from office, and there is no public clamour for her to do so. As for Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, the more German voters see of her earthy conservatism the less they seem to like it, and theYet the current strategy carries risks, too.
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