Just days after a scandal involving Germany's top spy threatened to tear apart Angela Merkel coalition, moments ago Germany's chancellor suffered another major blow to her reputation, when her ally, and preferred candidate for Bundestag Caucus Leader, Volker Kauder was unexpectedly voted out of office as the influential head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group after 13 years on the job.
He was defeated by deputy leader Ralph Brinkhaus in a 125 to 112 vote.
A journalist from Der Spiegel commented: "Merkel era slowly coming to an end".
The headlines as they come in:
MERKEL'S ALLY VOLKER KAUDER UNEXPECTEDLY LOSES VOTE AS HEAD OF HER CONSERVATIVE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP IN GERMANY'S LOWER HOUSE MERKEL PARTY SPOKESMAN CONFIRMS DEFEAT OF FAVORED CANDIDATE MERKEL SUFFERS UNEXPECTED DEFEAT IN PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS GROUP MERKEL'S CANDIDATE FOR BUNDESTAG CAUCUS LEADER DEFEATED IN VOTE
Merkel era slowly coming to an end. Her ally and favorite for majority leader Kauder was just voted out by CDU party MPs against Merkel’s will. t.co/vCuKB7MTAO
— Mathieu von Rohr (@mathieuvonrohr) September 25, 2018
No back to business in political Berlin: Germany’s governing conservatives @CDU just voted on their parliamentary leader - a standard procedure that took a dramatic turn as incumbent and Merkel loyalist Volker Kauder was challenged and lost to his deputy Ralph Brinkhaus.
— Maximiliane Koschyk (@MaxKoschyk) September 25, 2018
Breaking: German chancellor Angela #Merkel just lost her close ally and chief whip Volker Kauder. He will be replaced by Ralph Brinkhaus, an opponent of Merkel's course
Merkel wrecked Germany, she is going to get thrown aside sooner or later. You can't allow massive invasions to happen unnoticed and undebated.
Justin Ortiz
Again I see. Bump.
Andrew Brown
Three Goods! so far today:
1) Italy starts deportation of unwanted migrants. 2) This article: Merkel loses an ally in her quest for total amnesty. 3) Sweden is becoming somewhat uncucked and just threw out a pro-amnesty Marxist commie.
Lookin' Good! today.
Samuel Watson
You mean she can enjoy the rest of her life with the money she took to sell out her country?
Grayson Morris
I'll agree she should be hung or face a firing squad… but we know thats unlikely to happen.
Angel Smith
bumping legit
Jose Butler
She and her (((sponsors))) need to be publicly hanged for treason.
Totally agree, on the other hand its not likely to happen unless Germans take up arms and seize control physically. Thats just unlikely to happen. If if does it would make very Super Duper Good! news.
Zachary Bennett
who could be sliding this?
Jeremiah King
Why does every headline you put up starts off with Good? So stupid..
I might as well bump this every time Neptune bumps his stupid articles.
Connor Gray
ACTUAL
Ryan Williams
anti-slide
Jason Hughes
And you'd better believe Johnny would have the awful line breaks, overused ellipses, and baseless insults on that Super Duper Good! news
Bentley Ortiz
Very Good! news.
Justin Stewart
Good!
Cooper Rivera
Adolf Hitler's daughter
Cameron Ward
Lol, some people do seem to think so. Wasn't she actually a communist activist back in the day though? I think some news outlet leaked info about that some years back.