The 28-Year-Old Socialist Who Could End the Merkel Era
The 28-Year-Old Socialist Who Could End the Merkel Era
Mr. Kühnert, who at 28 runs the youth wing of Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party, has been touring the country to convince fellow party members to vote down a coalition deal
that would keep Ms. Merkel in power for another four years — and his own party in place as the junior partner to her Christian Democrats.
that She embodies this style of politics.
Mr. Kühnert joined his party when he was 15, the same year Ms. Merkel became chancellor and formed her first coalition with the Social Democrats.
that Going into another coalition with Merkel is bad for social democracy and bad for democracy,
While a volunteer dabbed makeup on his blotched cheeks in preparation for a camera interview, Mr. Kühnert recounted how energized he
had been when his party had campaigned against Ms. Merkel last year on the premise that they would either win or go into opposition.
Social said that I don’t understand you,
The Social Democrats were still winning 34 percent of votes when they entered their first
coalition with Ms. Merkel in 2005; in September that had shrunk to 20 percent.
Mr. Kühnert, who at 28 runs the youth wing of Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party, has been touring the country to convince fellow party members to vote down a coalition deal
that would keep Ms. Merkel in power for another four years — and his own party in place as the junior partner to her Christian Democrats.
that She embodies this style of politics.
Mr. Kühnert joined his party when he was 15, the same year Ms. Merkel became chancellor and formed her first coalition with the Social Democrats.
that Going into another coalition with Merkel is bad for social democracy and bad for democracy,
While a volunteer dabbed makeup on his blotched cheeks in preparation for a camera interview, Mr. Kühnert recounted how energized he
had been when his party had campaigned against Ms. Merkel last year on the premise that they would either win or go into opposition.
Social said that I don’t understand you,
The Social Democrats were still winning 34 percent of votes when they entered their first
coalition with Ms. Merkel in 2005; in September that had shrunk to 20 percent.