German government toppling "would be bad news for Balkans"

The possible fall of the German government would have a bad influence on the dynamics of the process in the Western Balkans region.

This includes the nomalization of the relations between Belgrade and Pristina, says professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade Dragan Djukanovic.

"It would influence pretty bad the dynamics of the ongoing process in the region, primarily on the process of normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina, in which the German government has a very constructive role," Djukanovic told Beta.

He said that the breakup of the ruling coalition in Germany would "in some way slowed down the rather significant momentum that the process has now received."

He added that the engagement of Germany is also important for other processes in the region, because it is a "multi-related equation with several linked elements."

"Along with the process of normalizing Belgrade-Pristina relations, the engagement of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina is also important, in a very important period before the general election in that country in October, and Merkel's government has made a special contribution to the agreement between Greece and Macedonia," said Djukanovic.

The survival of the German coalition government is jeopardized by the policy towards migrants, that is, disagreements on the matter between Merkel's CDU, and the CSU leader Horst Seehofer, who serves as interior minister in Merkel's government.