So today the current german goverment will probably disband today after 4 months in office. Because the Secretary of the Interior thinks he can be part of the opposition, while also being a part of the government. He startet publically speaking against the chancellor when he took office in March and now (finally) Merkel seems to have had enough. Waiting this long to throw him out of office shows real weakness on Merkels side. Can't have one part of the government speaking against itself, that just can't happen. And she let it go on way too long. Any other leader in the world would have fired the guy back in March when he criticized the Chancellor. But Merkel takes 4 months, tries to even compromise with him - and he still publically threatens to leave (and take his party with him, leaving the government without mayority in Parliment). I imagine a Secretary challenging Trump like that ... he'd be fired in an instant. 13 years Merkel has been in office (in November) - this is the first time she's really shown weakness, not being able to keep (what is essentially) her staff in line
