The Situation In Germany

[axj]

Will Scholz's phone call to Putin save his "glassy chair" while German opposition is breathing down his neck?

The interesting thing is that the AfD considers keeping Scholz in office by voting for him when he does the vote of no confidence. Scholz still refuses to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine, unlike what Merz (CDU) would do as the likely next chancellor. Basically it is about preventing war.

 

[Nachtweide]

Yes, from what I understand banning the AFD would be very difficult if not impossible.

The shot would go completely in the wrong direction. At the moment, I can see that former conservative voters are turning away from the major parties and towards the AFD. The CDU's biggest mistake was certainly to put up the highly unsympathetic Merz as its candidate for chancellor. His terribly arrogant manner is increasingly reminiscent of Josef Goebbel - only the outstretched arm is still missing.

 

[heinrich]

German government has “collapsed“ over night now and it almost certainly has something to do with Trumps win IMO. I really hope we get at least a bit more sane people there soon. What current nutjobs have done has brought Germany close to impeding collapse (for german standards).

no, no trump influence.

German government has “collapsed“ over night now and it almost certainly has something to do with Trumps win IMO. I really hope we get at least a bit more sane people there soon. What current nutjobs have done has brought Germany close to impeding collapse (for german standards).

no, no trump influence. just a stupid mariage of three incompetent parties with diverging interests just to be in power.
le mariage de la carpe et du lapin. and greens are killing germany.

 

[heinrich]

Yes, from what I understand banning the AFD would be very difficult if not impossible.

i am sorry to have to say that the voice of the afd AND of their voters is that of common sense. banning afd is like censoring common sense in germany. better censor the utterly stupid greens and integrate the afd views in other parties.

 

[Liliea]

In my opinion Germany-Berlin is under a frequency umbrella that keeps the population in noise and tense calm plus the fear of left wing party politicians after the election of Trump, has derived in repression and manipulation.
The weeks leading up to the vote of confidence in Schloz have generated a movement of cross-party coalitions, signaling his resignation from office and the election of a new chancellor.

We should ask ourselves if Germany is a democracy or rather a Particracy (?), since the people, das Volk, have no vote or voice in elections where the lives of millions of Germans are at stake, which could easily lead to a third war, nor are there legal mechanisms to control the politicians who among many strategies, use the media as propaganda and censorship, on the subject a good article by eugyppius substack, which talks about the control of the German media.

How the U.S. State Department spends millions of dollars to coordinate Western media and direct investigative journalism against its geopolitical rivals and enemies

It is trivial to claim that the press are biased.

www.eugyppius.com

Plans to be realized on the agenda of the far right: To take Germany out of the EU if it wins the elections.​

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday nominated party leader Alice Weidel as its leading candidate for the upcoming elections, the first time the party has fielded a candidate for chancellor.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) proposed a draft party platform that will be discussed and voted on by AfD members at a conference on January 11-12,
Should they win the vote in the general election to be held next February, their country will leave the European Union, the Paris Climate Agreement and the euro as its currency.

The paper also states: "We consider it necessary for Germany to leave the European Union and establish a new European community."

Other AfD initiatives include restricting abortion laws, canceling sanctions against Russia and repairing the Nord Stream pipelines to bring Russian natural gas back to Germany.

AfD fordert EU-Austritt und neue deutsche Währung

Entwurf des Wahlprogramms: AfD drängt auf EU-Austritt Deutschlands

Raus aus der EU, weg mit dem Euro: Die AfD schießt sich im Entwurf ihres Wahlprogramms auf Europa ein. Auch zum Abtreibungsrecht und zur Außenpolitik finden sich radikale Positionen.

www.spiegel.de

 

[Learner]

Should they win the vote in the general election to be held next February, their country will leave the European Union, the Paris Climate Agreement and the euro as its currency.

I do not hold my breath about this happening because Germany is too much under the thump of eurocrats from Brussels or adhering to Brussels. Provided they win in the elections and manage to form a government instead of being canceled out by other parties which form coalitions against them in order to remain in power (like we can currently see in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg after they held their regional elections in September).

If the AfD becomes a part of the next German government it is more likely that they will work towards abolition of anti-Russian sanctions, a repair of North Stream and trying to revert some of the damage inflicted by Green politics inside this country. But it remains to be seen as they didn't make it into any larger government (regional and national) yet. For this reason I would give them a benefit of doubt, at least for some of those goals they claim to pursue and which may be more easily attainable.

 

[bianca etezete]

... as I see it, the "Morgenthau plan" is in full effect...

and that is not even true anymore, because EU tries to kill farmers and farms...