Michaels government to the brink of collapse and Big Questions are now being asked about how her cocoa allision can possibly Work Together in the weeks and months to come so our question here on quadriga this week is german stability a thing of the past question mark and to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with Matthew Condon chief european correspondent at politico and matthew argues the german politics is becoming less and fuller a not less stable theres a good name he says for the type of confrontation weve seen in berlin over the past few weeks and that name that is democracy also with us is derek scally of the irish times who says germany stability obsession has done more harm than good to democracy in the merkel era more flexibility will bring fresh air fresh thinking and fresh problems into the political game interesting stuff in a very warm. To. The head of w. s Domestic Politics Department nina believes t