A política não é para meninas

Last week's idea, that of installing the new party leader as economics minister -- a position currently occupied by FDP member Rainer Brüderle -- would appear to have been jettisoned. Brüderle indicated late last week that he would not willingly give up the position, saying: "If they want to get rid of me, it will be bloody."

Spiegel online, num texto sobre s sucessão no FDP (parceiro do governo de Merkel), depois do anúncio da saída de Guido Westerwelle