Posted on 02/23/2025 3:06:12 AM PST by RandFan
Germans are going to the polls after an intense election campaign dominated by their country's faltering economy and a succession of deadly attacks that have made migration and security a focal issue.
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote closely watched in Europe and the US.
He promises to fix most problems in four years - a tall order for Europe's biggest economy and a creaking infrastructure.
If Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) win, he will need to forge an alliance with at least one other party, most likely Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats, whose government collapsed late last year.
On the eve of the vote, Merz was adamant there would be no deal with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is poised to become the second biggest political force, ahead of Scholz's centre-left party.
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Germany has plurality voting for a reason...
Gesundheit.
If they keep importing their achient enemy, that enemy will eventually win. Afd seems to be the only party concerned about this.
“These European parties do not correspond with the American political chessboard.”
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They better learn to start speaking Arabic. Bye bye Mozart and Beethoven, the only music they will be allowed to hear is the Islamic call to prayer over the loudspeakers several times a day.
Just like most “sane” political parties in Europe, the AfD will be destroyed if they win.
The WEF socialists will do what they have done before....fabricate crimes, scandals and whatever else they can contrive to diminish the AfD.
A kings mother once said, Do not give your power to women
Jean-Marie LePen may very well have been an anti-semite; it’s hard to figure his skepticism of the holocaust in any other terms. But to say he was an ally of Israel’s enemies, especially in the context of the mainstream parties of France, which firmly, resolutely, thoroughly sided with Islamofascists at every turn, is just plain unreasonable.
Fred Mertz will be the Head of Germany. /s
If the AfD does well, Germany will either annul the election as Romania recently did or will fabricate the results.
##Fred Mertz head of Germany##
Yes, that was the first picture in my mind!!
Unconfirmed sources are saying that Friedrich Merz’s campaign slogan is, “Hey Ethel, what’s holding up dinner?”
Ethel will be a great first lady!
In other words, nothing will change.
“Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader”
Wasn’t Merkel a so called “conservative”, too.
“he will need to forge an alliance with at least one other party, most likely Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, whose government collapsed late last year.”
In other words, nothing is going to change.
I expect shenanigans...but also for other parties to form ‘alliances’ to subvert the AfD if they get a majority (if I understand correctly). Or just null-and-void the election.
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