The General Political Thread

[Riddlez]

[Duuring]

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[Dokletian]

It's safe to say Merkel's secured her chancellorship yet again. Probably for the best, given Schulz's lunacy.

Who knows....

[Edwin]

I don't know if I should be happy about it, or sad.

If your only two ballot options were "AfD" or "AfD Lite", would you be happy or sad?

[Olafson]

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[Edwin]

Just hinting towards the fact there's no socially conservative party to even vote for. Surely that's not healthy for a democratic country?

Excluding NSDAP 2.0 the AfD

[Toffee]

If there was a large part of the country that held socially conservative views then there would be a social conservative party

[Edwin]

Not unless one was founded beforehand, given that the only party currently socially conservative has extremist views and incompetent leadership (which one might joke is nothing more than controlled opposition at this point). To put it into perspective: the Greens have more support than the AfD. The party is a joke, and even when Merkel was facing massive backlash during 2015, due to her handling of the refugee crisis, they made a petty 4% gain in opinion polls which quickly dwindled.

It'd take another Treaty of Versailles to spur any noticeable turnout for them.

[StevenChilton]

If there was a large part of the country that held socially conservative views then there would be a social conservative party

Yeah, it's supposed to be the CDU/CSU. Don't forget Merkel voted against gay marriage.

[Vincenzo]

Don't forget the NPD! 

[Riddlez]

If there was a large part of the country that held socially conservative views then there would be a social conservative party

When there is a multi-aprty system, pretty much this

[Von Bergen]

If you Not only Check the polls but also so the latest election results of the German Federal states, you will See that the FDP, an economic-liberal Party is one the rise again. Merkel had a coalition with them before and CDU already stated they would do one again. In the lasts polls CDU-FDP at least approached 50%

[Phoen!x]

If the polls are right it'll be another coalition between CDU/SPD. Only major change will be AfD representation in the Bundestag, possibly as third largest party. Looks like Merkel has appeased German anger enough over her refugee policy in order to stay on as Chancellor.

The German public is just too domesticated

[Toffee]

How many times in recent weeks have the home office fucked up and told someone who is legally allowed to be in the UK to leave..

[StevenChilton]

How many times in recent weeks have the home office fucked up and told someone who is legally allowed to be in the UK to leave..

It's almost as if sprawling state bureaucracies are inefficient and make loads of mistakes so it's a bad idea to base your entire economic system on it...