Are a lot of people in Germany very Christian? One thing I've always wondered about given CDU's popularity
Are a lot of people in Germany very Christian? One thing I've always wondered about given CDU's popularity
I guess it was the name I reacted to. Plus that the two often go hand in hand when it comes to politics.
Are a lot of people in Germany very Christian? One thing I've always wondered about given CDU's popularity
Are a lot of people in Germany very Christian? One thing I've always wondered about given CDU's popularity
I have seen claims in this thread that both the SPD and Greens have allied themselves with the CPU/CSU in the past. Given that, is there reason to believe that the SPD and Greens will form a government together? Or is everyone just voting for the best party in their view and hoping that everything turns out well?
So the SPD and Greens were merely using whatever leverage they had in the past? I checked the 2017 results. The CDU/CSU had about 37% support collectively. It makes sense, then, that parties would have approached the CDU/CSU, since this was the clearest path towards governance. With that in mind, Germany may have something to look forward to even if the SPD, Greens and Die Linke can't form a government, as the CDU/CSU's power will have waned significantly. If the polls I see posted here hold true. Assuming they retain governance, whichever party forms a coalition with them should have markedly more influence. Good luck to Germany all the same.If SPD and Greens have a majority on their own, they will quite certainly try to form a coalition/government. However, this doesn't seem realistic at the moment. A coalition of the two with Die Linke (left wing party) has a small majority in most polls right now, but isn't too realistic either because of differences mainly in foreign policy. I still hope it's going to happen as it is the only chance for real progress in this country, imho. But unfortunately it's not the most likely option.
So the SPD and Greens were merely using whatever leverage they had in the past? I checked the 2017 results. The CDU/CSU had about 37% support collectively. It makes sense, then, that parties would have approached the CDU/CSU, since this was the clearest path towards governance. With that in mind, Germany may have something to look forward to even if the SPD, Greens and Die Linke can't form a government, as the CDU/CSU's power will have waned significantly. If the polls I see posted here hold true. Assuming they retain governance, whichever party forms a coalition with them should have markedly more influence. Good luck to Germany all the same.
Yeah, at first I thought it was this super conservative, republican right wing party which always tip-toes along the lines of being openly racist, homo-/transphobic and valueing good germanic tradition above all else. Then I noticed I was right either way.
Okay, this makes the frustration and cautious optimism expressed by users in this thread more understandable. And I suppose this may be seen as a rare opportunity to get rid of a coalition dominated by CxU policy, even if the SPD were party to it. The SPD having been seen as a mitigating voice previously? Giving greater credence to a SPD/Greens/X coalition? Looking forward to the results.Well, there were even majorities for an SPD/Greens/Linke coalition before (e.g. in 2013), but no coalition was formed. Apart from this option, I believe the CxU under Merkel always had a share of seats in the parliament large enough to rule out any other coalition options. After the last election there were coalition talks between the CxU, the FDP and the Greens, but they failed because of the FDP. The result was another "grand coalition" between CxU and SPD, which previously been ruled out by the latter.
There may also be the option of an SPD/Greens/FDP coalition after this year's election, although politically this would be quite a challenge especially for the FDP. But in my opinion, this would still be better than another government with the conservatives...
Are you suggesting the AfD has some degree of subtlety? They're not as blatant as the NDP, but their rhetoric is still an open book.Yeah, at first I thought it was this super conservative, republican right wing party which always tip-toes along the lines of being openly racist, homo-/transphobic and valueing good germanic tradition above all else. Then I noticed I was right either way.
The SPD having been seen as a mitigating voice previously? Giving greater credence to a SPD/Greens/X coalition?
Nah, i just wanted to make a dumb joke how CDUCSU is not so far away anymore from AfD Rhetorics :D No big brain think behind it ^^Are you suggesting the AfD has some degree of subtlety? They're not as blatant as the NDP, but their rhetoric is still an open book.
Oh hey, thank you for the summary. Complicated, indeed! Laschet being a trainwreck might be Germany's biggest blessing, in that he's making an unlikely scenario ever more tangible. I obviously don't know much about him, only that he has been accused of being soft on Putin, but I think it's healthy in any democracy for a ruling party to have its powers limited by coalition partners or the threat of new coalitions forming. If polling is at all accurate, the next four years are going to be a balancing act.No, I don't think so. It's quite a complicated story, but the SPD lost a lot of its lower/middle class voters' trust by introducing harshly neoliberal reforms during the early 2000s (most well known is the "Hartz IV" program for unemployed people and its merciless sanctions for basically everything). After that, the SPD almost destroyed itself by governing with the CxU again and again under Angela Merkel as chancellor. Especially after the 2017 elections, there was a huge backlash inside and outside the party, and the coalition was formed only after a lot of debating and a party-internal vote on it.
In this context, it's actually quite unexpected that the SPD stands at 20+ per cent right now in the polls, even competing for first place now. Many people already saw the SPD becoming basically irrelevant compared to its history as one of the two "Volksparteien". I think it is mainly due to the trainwreck the CxU campaign and candidate is, and the stumbling of the Greens in recent weeks.
So as you can see, things are quite complicated, but also probably haven't been this open and exciting this close before an election in a long time. :D
Til the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
Will be interesting to compare it to the "real" oneTil the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
91% aligned with "Die Partei"Til the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
Not exactly shocked by the result. The SPD just isn't left enough for me these days. 🤣
My highest alignments are with parties I've never heard of, Tierschutzallianz and LfK. I'm the protector of animals and children! Of the big ones it's die Grünen and SPD.Til the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
So I checked SPD for me most likely lost due to my Nordstream and getting out of coal answers.
FliX I also had the MLPD and die Piraten up there but I didn't takele these serious as parties.
LfK - 82.1% Never heard of them.Til the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
90% GrüneTil the Wahl-o-mat is online: Voteswiper - Bundestagswahl 2021
Same here but theyll keep debating the speed limit on highways and banning national flights ...I can't vote being a British Citizen in Germany. But what I would like to see from whoever holds power is actual deep investment in the infrastructure that Germany needs for challenges that it faces e.g. Climate change, automation, transportation, communications, etc. I hope whoever holds power will think that Modernisierung is more than just getting rid of Faxgerät in the Bundestag.
Of course the NPD is for extensive social programs*Yeah, the NPD results are usually pretty high up for me (also in previous Wahlomat surveys) but they are known to answer the questions so they agree with the majority in many topics. Fuck them :)
Well, and just as the Election is around the corner, we get another one of these:
And this is only part 1. I knew a few of the things mentioned but oh boy. Let's see how fast this video will be dismissed again, just like last time.
Well, and just as the Election is around the corner, we get another one of these:
And this is only part 1. I knew a few of the things mentioned but oh boy. Let's see how fast this video will be dismissed again, just like last time.