Bärbel Bas resigned as coleader of the Social Democratic Party (spd) and labor and social affairs minister of Germany yesterday. This weakens and could even end the nation’s governing coalition, which consists of the spd with the Christian Democratic Union and the cdu’s sister party, the Christian Social Union.

• Bas cited the death of her stepdaughter and “public attacks” from members of the cdu as she grieved.
• She has been replaced as labor and social affairs minister by Alexander Schweitzer.

This resignation exacerbates Germany’s ongoing political instability and further pushes its leaders and people to look for a strong, autocratic leader who seems more stable.

• Bas’s replacement as spd coleader will be decided by the party in the coming months. The party’s other coleader, Lars Klingbeil, stated yesterday that “the entire spd leadership team will stand for election” at a party conference planned for December or January.

Germany’s coalition was weak from the start, when the conservative cdu-csu joined the liberal spd in May. Among the cdu-csu and spd’s fundamental disagreements are disputes over proposed pension reforms.

• Germany’s Spiegel wrote yesterday that the “mood” in the coalition “is reminiscent of the end time” of the so-called traffic light coalition of the red SPD, yellow Free Democratic Party and green Alliance 90 parties, which failed in November 2024 after just three years.

The current coalition might not last two years.

• The cdu is suffering losses in state elections, including a historic defeat by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland last month in Saxony-Anhalt.
• The spd is also unpopular. Last month, only 11 percent of voters said they would vote for it if national elections were called soon.

Both parties know that breaking up the coalition not only removes them from governing but also opens the door for the AfD to gain more power.

What will happen to Germany’s current governing coalition is uncertain, but the nation’s years-long political instability is certain to produce a strongman who will take over the nation and the Continent, as prophesied in your Bible.