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On the other hand, a center right coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats could spark the ECB into action.

Unfortunately, Merkel s campaign is off to a rocky start, and the recent entry of Oskar Lafontaine s extreme left wing party into the fray may necessitate the formation of a grand coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.

Moreover, the Europe wide political families of Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, and so on could be allies on some policies and opponents on others, transcending national or regional borders, and moving toward pan European politics, with the European Parliament increasing its democratic debate and oversight functions.

It is amazing to watch how quickly Christian Democrats and Social Democrats have forgotten their electoral promises and agreed on a program of higher taxation. One may doubt whether this will increase popular confidence in the political class, but for now, at least, the arrangement is working.

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The second unknown concerns what, exactly, separates the major parties in this contest. The Social Democrats (SPD) and the Christian Democrats (CDU) are both committed to the social market economy, to the essentials of corporatist economic management, to maintaining the entitlements of the welfare state, and to the EU and NATO.

The really big battle this November will be joined by the Social Democrats (PDSR) and by the centrist alliance Democratic Alliance. Tudor has no chance of becoming the first Christian President of Romania.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the elections this September may have surprising consequences for ECB monetary policy. Angela Merkel, the Christian Democrats candidate, is a reformer, holding out hope for Germany s future and that of Europe.

In Denmark, the hard right Danish People s Party, with 25 parliamentary seats, is the country s third largest party. Dutch populists, such as Rita Verdonk or Geert Wilders, who is driven by a paranoid fear of Islamization, are putting the traditional political elites a combination of liberals, social democrats, and Christian democrats under severe pressure.

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There is also an ominous resemblance to Italy in 1992, when both major parties of the previous 40 years, the Christian Democrats and the Communists, simply melted away in a mixture of corruption and intellectual failure.

Whether it is conservatives like Sarkozy, Christian Democrats like Merkel, right wing populists like Berlusconi, or socialists like Zapatero, political affiliation appears to make no difference. If you hold office in Europe nowadays, you are in trouble.

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In Germany too, the coalition agreement between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats includes a provision that extends from six months to two years the trial period during which an employee can be dismissed without explanation the same duration contemplated in the Villepin s CFE law. In all these European countries, the new employment laws seem to be accepted as inevitable.

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