The view of many Christian Democrats in dealing with the far -right “alternative” as “a party like everything else” divides the Conservatives and causes irritation to the Social Democrats.

Yen Span was at one time one of the hopes of German Christian Democracy. The 44 -year -old politician today has been, among other things, Minister of Health of the last Merkel government, without much success, and that is why he had been in obscurity in recent years. An expressor of the party’s conservative wing, although a stated homosexual seems to have matched the anticipation of Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, who is intended according to reports of the position of the party’s parliamentary spokesman, a post.

A statement that would not go unnoticed

But Span shook the waters these days, causing an intra -party but also an intra -government issue, when he stated that the far -right AfD (alternative to Germany) should now be treated in the House as a party like everything else. This mainly concerns organizational, procedural issues, such as the election of Presidents and Vice -Presidents in Budestag Committees and general rights, which would claim a “normal” opposition with a total of 152 seats.

This statement, on the one hand, has proven to be not so ‘marginal’, and on the other hand, or rather, it has caused another major political problem for the next government before it is even sworn. The president of the Social Democrats and probably the next country’s finance minister, Lars Clingbale, spoke of Span’s “foul” and the SPD then asked the Christian Democrats to agree now in a common attitude towards AfD.

The theory of ‘isolation’

But what Span’s initiative revealed was the division that exists in his own party on the subject, with many MPs and executives arguing, arguing that AfD is not a normal party and others to argue that parliamentary procedures are independent of the political position of any political power. This view was essentially expressed by House Speaker Julia Klekner, a Christian Democrat and herself, who avoided taking a personal position, saying that such issues are resolved first after consultation with parliamentary groups, and if this is not possible, then the Council can be called. He stressed, however, that the House Regulation is absolute in that all parties and all Members should be treated.

The practice so far was that the other parties did not vote for the AfD candidates for important positions in parliament, which was repeated in the latest vote for Bundestag vice presidents. However, the constant strengthening of the far -right party, both in the elections of last February and in recent polls, makes many conservatives express the view that the “isolation” tactic ultimately benefits it, rather than weaken it.

A ‘hot potato’ for mertz

It is recalled that at the end of the previous parliamentary period, Friedrich Mertz had attempted to move on with AFD significant amendments to the law on immigration, sparking strong reactions and wave of demonstrations and mobilization of democratic citizens across Germany.

The question is no longer just procedural. The AFD candidates for the Christian Democrats could be perceived as a message of normalization, if not the political legitimacy of the “alternative” and provide food for further scenarios for further cooperation and other issues, much more meaningful content.

The ball is clearly in Mertz’s hands. The next chancellor with the “line” he will give to Members will also show his intentions for the future. At the same time, the degree of control by his own parliamentary group will be measured, if there are many MPs who will vote “upside down” in relation to his proposal.

It is certain, however, that with the given correlation of forces and the confidence that the AfD has acquired, whose executives confidently discount that it will be the first party in the next elections, the life of the CDU/CSU and SPD coalition will become difficult every time their two or less politicians will be in a lesser or less political crisis. The road to the coalition, once called “big”, looks like a rugged and full of traps.