In his first press conference following the historic victory of his Free Democrats party (FDP) Guido Westerwelle raised some eyebrows in this exchange with a journalist from the BBC:
Woher dieser Kleinmut kommt, ist leicht ausgemacht. Westerwelle gehört zu den deutschen Politikern, die immer noch am Koordinatenkreuz der alten Bundesrepublik tragen: Du warst entweder für 1968, oder dagegen. Mit 1968 assoziiert der FDP-Vorsitzende eine devote, schuldbewusste Haltung gegenüber dem Ausland. Westerwelle war von frühesten „Juli“-Tagen an gegen 1968. Eine Ampel mit den Grünen ist ihm schon deshalb physisch unmöglich, weil er einen echten Hass auf Leute wie Fischer oder Trittin hegt, einen irrationalen Hass, der seiner Partei so manche Möglichkeiten verbaut. (The origins of this pettiness is easy to ascertain. Westerwell is one of those German politicians who has the rigid mentality of the old West Germany. Either you were for 1968 or against it. THe chairman of the FDP associates 1968 with a guilt-ridden approach to the outside world. Westerwelle was vehemently against 1968 early on. Any coalition with the Green Pary is physically impossible for him because he harbors an irrational hatred against people like Fischer or Trittin; this mentality has deprived his party of many opportunities.)
Hopefully Westerwelle can grow into the role. Otherwise Germany is in for a long and rocky four years on the international stage.
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