France faces energy challenges similar to those faced by Germany, while Russia continues to thrive.
LOL!
LOL!
The situation in Germany... is not good!
Agree.The situation in Germany... is not good!
That 60 Minutes segment where German prosecutors gleefully report their crackdown on thought-crimes was jaw-dropping.
Here's the full segment:
This is what we all hope. Leaving in BE, i feel much concerned about what is going on in this country, but do not follow it as i do not speak german, and also because with what happens in FR that i followed almost from day to day, i have already enough.Hopefully the coming elections would bring some positive changes there.![]()
There’s something horribly wrong when you’re afraid to speak your own thoughts
When I first moved to Germany in 1990, the country, rich in culture and life, was a great place to live. Optimism was high in the wake of reunification and the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
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It may soon be time to pack up and leave after 35 years.
The situation in Germany... is not good!
That 60 Minutes segment where German prosecutors gleefully report their crackdown on thought-crimes was jaw-dropping.
I‘m willing to bet that they have the majority of votes now, unless they rigg the elections (which is likely).
There probably aren't alternative polls to back that up, but is there any other data to support the idea that AFD is, most likely, the most popular party now?
In the US elections of 2020 and 2024, we could compare political rally sizes, social media numbers (how many were talking about which candidate or topic, etc.), and observe the losing side panicking and making mistakes.
Anything like that to report from Germany?
There probably aren't alternative polls to back that up, but is there any other data to support the idea that AFD is, most likely, the most popular party now?
In the US elections of 2020 and 2024, we could compare political rally sizes, social media numbers (how many were talking about which candidate or topic, etc.), and observe the losing side panicking and making mistakes.
Anything like that to report from Germany?
So, it is hard to tell. And as Gawan said, even if AfD gets most votes, our strange “democratic“ system could create a government that excludes the AfD! At least that is how I understand it.
Good point. While it is customary that the party with the most seats in parliament gets to form a coalition and supply the Chancellor, this isn't enshrined in law. So even if the AfD comes out the strongest party, the other factions can conspire to form a government without the AfD and elect one of them chancellor.
As it stands, the "firewall" (cordon sanitaire) prevents the CDU from forming a coaltion with the AfD, which would be the only way for the CDU to actually enact some of the policies they promised during the campaign (ending masss migration etc.). If the CDU doesn't form a coalition with the AfD, the only option would be to do so with the SPD and the Greens, and/or possibly the left-wing "die Linke". But since all of these parties are essentially woke retards, this would mean nothing changes, and the coaltion would likely blow up shortly anyway.
There is still another option, called "minority government", where the CDU would form a government without a coaltion with the other parties, but rely on votes from the AfD to do so. It's also called "government tolerated by another party", in this case the AfD. Of course, this would still give the AfD power to block/demand concessions on every law that is passed and so on, so it still would represent a breach of the "firewall". After his initial foray into weakening the firewall, Merz now categorically rejects any form of collaboration with the AfD.
So the German voter has basically 2 non-options: either vote for the AfD, knowing that unless they get an absolute majority (unlikely), they won't be anywhere near the government. Or vote for any of the other parties, which would bring exactly the same policies as before. (Except perhaps Wagenknecht's BSW, but they won't be anywhere near the government either.)
It's a similar situation in Ireland, where the last two elections have returned the same 'mainstream coalition govts to keep out the genuine opposition', except that the 'firewalled party' isn't a populist nationalist one, it's a populist leftist (thus, woke, globalist, etc.) one!The fact alone that Merz clearly stated that he considers working with the greens, SPD and others after the election, clearly means, as Weidel keeps mentioning, that you can already see that Merz/CDU will basically create a government that will do the same things as before and the exact opposite of what CDU/Merz are now suddenly claiming and probably most of the population demands. It also means that exactly the same government that just collapsed because of their extremely bad performance will be back in power with exactly the same people leading it!