The CDU won the election in Germany's largest Bundesland NRW last year and the FDP is part of the governing coalition. FDP leader Christian Lindner, also from NRW, is doing great in the polls because he somehow managed to pass himself off as an innovator and the voice of a young generation (of greedy neoliberals). Also he is v v pretty.
― oder doch?, Friday, 15 September 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 23 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 24 September 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
CDU + SPD 2
SPD says no. Looks like the CDU doesn't even need a coalition partner 😥
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 24 September 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
It looks as it will be CDU/CSU+FDP+Grüne. I wonder how CSU and Grüne will agree on common refugee politics.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 24 September 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
AfD (too) big. I'm not impressed by all the centric "well at least the extreme right in our nation are visible now/it'll make for better debates in the Bundestag". Just no.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Of course the AfD got too many votes. But compared to the FN in France 13% are not so much. On the other hand the commentary that with this election Germany has arrived in the European normality unfortunately is quite true too.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
xxpost - Or how two pro-legalization coalition partners get along with Marlene Mortler (CSU).
I doubt the AfD will get past their ongoing internal struggle. It's the People Who Hate People Party.
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
Agreed, Alex in Manhattan, but Germany is not France. To have neo-nazi's in the Bundestag is without precedent (well, ever since 1939...). And they've not done anything to deny nazi's are amongst them. It's scary.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 24 September 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
we should maybe start a "rolling reassuring events in politics, anywhere" thread
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
I bumped into a local Labour councillor today, who actually physically removed a dead rat from a ginnel with their own hands. And then made the fatal mistake of asking if I have any problems ;)
― calzino, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
After the SPD national convention this weekend, it's either another Grand Coalition, or a minority government without Merkel or Schulz.
I'm not holding my breath.
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 18 January 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
A Grand Coalition means the AfD would be leader of the opposition, with all kinds of benefits for this lovable fascist party.Fuck.
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 18 January 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
:(
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 21 January 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
The Grand Coalition talks can still fail, but considering what they had to go through to even make them happen, I have a feeling they won't.
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 21 January 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
The best thing to come out of this clusterfuck is that the two biggest political parties are now headed by women, with the party brahmins split 50/50, gender-wise. That would have been unthinkable fifteen years ago.
― Wes Brodicus, Monday, 23 April 2018 05:54 (six years ago) link
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