ConWatch: Week 1,802

Does Germany have a constitution yet?

Why is this government different from all other governments?

Vorsicht: Those coalition agreements are fragile.

If it had kept asylum law intact and not redefined “safe country,” it would have been enough;

If it had ended family reunification for subsidiary protection status and not capped annual migration, it would have been enough;

If it had strengthened border security “in coordination with our European partners” and not undermined Schengen, it would have been enough;

If it had DOGE’d its public sector by up to 10% on costs and 8% on personnel (security excepted, of course) and not also created a new ministry at the same time, it would have been enough.

If it had really meant supporting a “diversity” of Jewish life and not equated antisemitism with “hostility towards Israel,” it would have been enough;

If it had threatened artistic and cultural freedom and not promoted the Berlin state senator most responsible for it to do the same at federal level, it would have been enough;

If it had supp…