This year’s worse time could not come in a worse moment, quite different from the other, Munich Security Conference. Or was it finally waking up at the most appropriate time? Just a week before the elections in GermanyDonald Trump’s envoys arrived at the Bavarian capital ready to prove that the US president was not joking at all when he promised not to leave any stone on the other in the international order of things.

The shock was huge, though the examples so far were so many that they should not have been ignored. Political leaders in Germany now know that after February 23, they will be called upon to address much more complex issues than if food prices will be kept low – even how “closed” the country’s borders will be.

Challenge to Europe’s identity

Especially the frontal attack by US Vice President Jay Di Vance It was about the identity of Europe itself, the image she has for herself, and which is the truth that she sometimes makes her temptation to be tempted. The challenge of democracy, the accusations of censorship, as well as the appointment that later followed with the “excluded” panel of the conference of the alternative for Germany, Alice Videl have shown that here we now have a direct question and intervention.

The British Guardian described it as a call to the European alternative to the right to rush and take power. To “make Europe great again”, as Victor Orban’s far -right Madrid Synods insisted a week earlier. The conditions for such a “kidnapping of Europe” are not so unmatched. “Trampists” are already ruling in several European countries, even in coalitions, and elsewhere they are a strong opposition that often defines the agenda.

The “New Germany” is sought

But what does this mean for Germany? The country that had been fed under the defensive wings of “Uncle Sam” for decades and was “fed” by the ruthless cannons of Russian pipelines, must now redefine itself. And he should do this, against a provocative, almost hostile ally as in one way or another was admitted by the president of the Frank Walter Steinmeier and the heads of her three largest parties (except the far right).

The reactions of the Social Democrat Altf Saltz and Christian Democrat Friedrich Mertz were almost identical to content. One replied that no one can tell us who would rule us and the other described Washington’s attitude towards Europe as a “brutal”. Both seem to have understood in Munich, what is repeated for his own reasons, by Green Robert Hambek. That is, the next day of the election, democratic forces will have to discuss with each other and the current harsh controversy and polarization will be weights that will carry with them. This can be unpleasant to Friedrich Mertz who could dream of a triumphant dominance of his Christian Democrats, who would give him the right to impose his own agenda, but is something he will not be able to ignore.

A new social majority

In the face of the depreciation of USAderogatory attacks and irrational demands Europe’s strongest country will need a strong government. Given the lack of powerful political figures that could create a stream of victory for a party, what is left as an emergency solution is a multi -party government that can be based on a wide majority and will have to look for ways to win society as well . Germany will need a “great coalition”, not in the conventional classical sense of the term, but also in terms of social majority.

It is not just a matter of numbers, but the recruitment of the new reality. The responsibility for its creation is forced to be forced of Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. This is not an easy task at all. But it now seems inevitable after Munich. Whether it will be supported by a program that will unleash German politics and economic elites and persuade a society on the brink of “aphasia” is the big bet of the coming years. Otherwise it will be a patch, a recipe for the old ones that will lead not only Germany, but also Europe to the impassable paths of insignificance.

No German politician has the luxury of “suffering Merkel” today, that is, to follow the stunning observation attitude that the then Chancellor applied to the first Trump term, simply trying to limit damage. This second term is much more absolute and threatening, as much more uncomfortable, than eight years ago, it is the starting point for Germany itself.