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Late remark on this: The typical German pathos and symbolism with which this "new political situation" is being regarded is not even cynicism but the lazy and absolutely dishonest German way of "dealing with problems" - which neccessarily includes: letting the "problem" happen in the first place, then acting as whether it couldn't have been prevented, then wasting a lot of time and ressources on not solving the "problem" (Germans call this "employment-creation or -preservation measures") and in the end effectively doing nothing until the "problem" has magically solved itself.