Traditional "Merkelian" politics is basically...wait until stuff blows over and let others make a fool of themselves. Same policy that Kohl followed ("Aussitzen

Traditional "Merkelian" politics is basically...wait until stuff blows over and let others make a fool of themselves. Same policy that Kohl followed ("Aussitzen") :) I think this has some potential of losing her the elections though. Mostly because it seems the Greens will gain most from all of this.