This is brought up almost nightly.
Germans laugh over the idea of SPD’s Schulz getting the votes. Roughly half of the SPD voters don’t want a win, which would lead to a Green Party-Linke Party partnership.
Most people see Schulz as some bureaucrat out of Brussels.
The rest of the parties have marginal candidates so 2017 is really a waste. Merkel retires (for sure) after this four-year term, and there’s three or four individuals discussed in CDU circles to replace her. All represent a different future for Germany...with changes over immigration.
“All represent a different future for Germany...”
But by then it will be too late. Germany will be no more