Overview

• Peter Sloterdijk describes the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition under Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a Mesalliance carrying the seeds of its own collapse.
• He faults Merz for incorporating numerous SPD demands into the coalition agreement that conflict with Union principles.
• The philosopher calls Merz overmotivated for sacrificing ideological consistency to secure the chancellorship.
• Sloterdijk says SPD negotiators conducted themselves as if they had triumphed in the election, a stance he finds unacceptable.
• His critique has prompted discussion in media about the coalition’s long-term stability.