Posted on 11/28/2014 8:33:48 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
The German far-left look set to make history this week in a deal that will lead to them taking their first regional state premiership since the Berlin Wall fell a quarter-century ago.
Bodo Ramelow, 58, a member of the Linke, the successor to the former East Germany's ruling Marxist-Leninist Social Unity Party (SED), will break political taboos by signing a deal that will see him appointed regional prime minister in the state of Thuringia next month.
The move is part of a power-sharing deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and environmentalist Greens to be signed this week and then formalised in a regional parliamentary vote on December 5.
Even though the Linke traditionally fares well in the former east of the country and has already regularly participated in regional government there, the prospect of one of their members being appointed regional state premier for the first time has fuelled heated debate across Germany.
On November 9, when the entire country was celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, around 4,000 people rallied in Erfurt, the regional state capital of Thuringia, to protest against the party.
'Out with the Stasi'
"Out with the Stasi" they chanted, referring to the former German Democratic Republic's much-hated secret police.
The anti-capitalist and pacifist Linke, which is German for "The Left", was set up in 2007 as an alliance between former members of the SED and voters disillusioned with the Social Democrat SPD party of the west.
"It's been a long journey, but we've reached a point when we can now open a new political chapter in Thuringia," Ramelow told AFP in an interview, just days before the coalition talks are wrapped up.
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So, is the left winning? Seems so, just look at the outcome of the elections in the United States. Is the world trending left? Seems that the world is looking for flat poverty for all people...or maybe Communism in all its glory!
I say equal poverty for all! Geez, what’s the world coming to! We had such high hopes after World War II.
The worsening economy always tends to lead to the rise of left.
Marxists, Socialists and Watermelons - what a coalition!
They’ll be tripping all over each other trying to see who can come up with the most insane proposals.
So it seems, and so it does.. The economy is too diverse for most to understand so they continue to fight it as if it is something caused by politicians. As if they can help but they do hurt with regulations - try that for understanding..
It is a kind of circle which is hard to break. The worse the economy the more demand for leftism from people who were hit and once they get leftists in power leftists are starting to hit economy even further to create more demand for leftism.
The main trick is to explain that what leftists does is actually for the common good and not actually a hitting economy but it is the greedy rich to blame.
Surprisingly, this crap is still working on poor ignorant people to this day, despite of the fact that both ways and consequences of leftism are pretty well known and documented to reference and research.
The three parties, SPD, Die Linke and Greenies are all the same. All Marxist oriented.
The CDU/CSU are moderate Democrats.
The FDP are morons. They have the best platform, are a real alternative but became Leftist light, and have paid the price for it. They’re cowards, running from what they’re supposed to be.
~ The FDP are morons. They have the best platform, are a real alternative but became Leftist light, and have paid the price for it. They’re cowards, running from what they’re supposed to be.~
You probably can translate it to US politics. Aren’t you?
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