German elections would endanger the euro

The General Secretary of Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) Christian Lindner resigned on Wednesday. This is yet another setback for the conservative-liberal ruling coalition, but it must not be allowed to destabilise Angela Merkel's government in the midst of the euro crisis, warns the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "Because if there's one thing the German political elite must avoid at all cost in the next weeks or perhaps months, it's the dissolution of parliament and early elections. Because then everything Mrs Merkel has said in parliament regarding building trust and stability in Europe and what must be done before 2013 will suddenly be called into question again. ... The chancellor has set herself the historic challenge of correcting the 'mistakes made on founding the euro'. ... But to do that she must decide whether her European policy should be based on the political considerations of her party and coalition or on the bold ideas of a self-confident chancellor."

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