The end of the black-red coalition: Philosopher Peter Sloterdijk already predicts a breakup of the coalition

Chancellor Friedrich Merz hasn't even been in office for 60 days, and speculation is already rife about the possible end of his federal government. The second-choice chancellor, who failed miserably in the first round of voting in the German Bundestag, won't be able to reconcile the differences between the coalition partners in four years, says philosopher Peter Sloterdijk.

Sloterdijk told the German Press Agency in Cologne that he believes the seeds for a future rift are already planted in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Social Democratic Party (SPD) federal government . The philosopher considers it unrealistic that the coalition partners CDU, CSU, and SPD will have a glorious future together.

He sees the coalition as a "misalliance," a marriage between partners who don't really fit together. While one party is exploiting these differences to its advantage, the Chancellor's party is shooting itself in the foot, says Peter Sloterdijk . "The SPD behaved during the coalition negotiations as if it had won the election—that's actually unacceptable," says Sloterdijk.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has adopted countless demands from the Social Democrats that are contrary to the beliefs of the CDU/CSU . "The fact that Merz allowed this to happen to him shows that he absolutely wanted to hold the office. He was, so to speak, over-motivated. But he should never have allowed himself to be tempted to do so, because these are mistakes that will sooner or later take their toll."

In this context, the philosopher also addresses the traffic light coalition government and the FDP. Even before this alliance collapsed, Sloterdijk had recommended that former party leader Christian Lindner leave the coalition. "The FDP would still be in the Bundestag today if it had followed my advice back then," he says. "Then Lindner would have emerged as the winner – but as it is, he drew the loser card."