The last line defender of Post-War Western Civilization and Leader of the Free World is in a commanding position to retain power. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is enjoying renewed popularity and so is her Christian Democratic Union (What a great name for a party! Describes my old Pops perfectly.):
The chancellor's popularity had plummeted after she welcomed nearly 900,000 asylum seekers - most of them from Syria and Afghanistan - into Germany.
But now, 64 percent of those surveyed say there are satifisfied with the job Merkel has been doing as chancellor, making her the most popular politician in the country.
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The chancellor is also the reason why her conservative party came out ahead when Germans were asked who they would vote for if they could vote now and not have to wait until the September election.
Nearly 40 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for the CDU or its Bavarian sister party the CSU. By contrast, just under 25 percent said they would vote for the SPD with its new leader Martin Schulz.
She is buttressed by a vigorous new young leader in French President Emmanuel Macron and establishment success in elections throughout other European nations. It appears populist craziness is being contained by European voters not willing to follow the US and to a lesser extent the UK into destroying the world order it took so much blood to build. Her taking in refugees and standing firm in the face of withering criticism will be remembered by the German people long after Mutti is gone.
Another dramatic development in the polling is the low regard Germans now have for the US. Only 5 percent said they trust the new US president.
And only 21 percent of those polled said the US - long considered Germany's most important ally - could be trusted, about the same as for Russia.
Meanwhile, a whopping 94 percent said they had faith in France, especially after the election of President Emmanuel Macron.
Nice going America. We are now as popular as Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Isn't it ironic that 73 years ago today American boys were giving their lives and limbs to save Europe from Germany, and now the Germans are trying to save Europe from us?