Bloodless Coup

If Guido Westerwelle Were Germany's Foreign Minister

Westerwelle is the openly gay leader of the FDP party which is polling unusually well at the moment. Should that continue it's forecast that he could become foreign minister this fall. And if that happens a new set of issues might become important to the biggest country in the EU. For example:

The FDP doesn't correspond to either major political party in the U.S., but is typical of liberal parties in Europe, where the word "liberal" denotes both free-market economics and left-leaning social policies that stress diversity and tolerance. The FDP, for instance, supports minority rights, higher immigration and curtailing the state's powers of surveillance. Mr. Westerwelle, who would be Germany's first openly gay foreign minister, has said he would cut development aid to countries that persecute gays. But the position that is winning the party new supporters is Mr. Westerwelle's attacks on the government for its high tax-and-spend policies.