Is Merz Green Europe's Last Line of Defense

If the European Union has been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably arrived.

Thomas Kolbe | April 7, 2026

The word “crisis” comes from Ancient Greek and can also be translated as “turning point.” Whoever seeks to break the fossilized energy policy and force a turnaround in Germany must first overcome Friedrich Merz’s regime.

If the European Union has been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably arrived. On Thursday, the European Parliament formed a broad coalition of the Union-backed EPP faction with the national conservatives. The goal: initiate a migration turnaround, prevent citizen chat controls, and soften the grotesque Supply Chain Act.

Among the national-conservative parties in the EU Parliament is also the AfD faction, showing that the firewall against this party is a German phenomenon -- a product of hysterical left-green media makers and bloated politicians of the firewall cartel, who fear competition for their privileges.

Never has the opportunity been more favorable to leave the paralyzing logic of the firewall behind once and for all and to form national-civic coalitions than today.

Time is pressing. Germans face a wave of inflation already visible at gas stations and in heating costs. Citizens are approaching a defining initiation moment of truth. Since the beginning of the Iran crisis, fuel prices in Germany have risen by up to 25 percent on average. Gas prices rose another 20 percent in the same period. Going back to 2005, electricity prices in Germany rose a staggering........

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