Do people realize that if Angela Merkel is defeated somebody far more to the left is going to be taking her place?
“Do people realize that if Angela Merkel is defeated somebody far more to the left is going to be taking her place?”
At this point, whatever it takes to provoke a popular reaction.
I have wondered how political parties of other countries “map” to our own. I realize that the comparisons would be imperfect at best.
does it matter? letting the invasion begin made all future leaders moot.
there is no future now.
that’s like saying rubio is better than clinton. i wouldn’t vote for him.
20 million illegals are 20 million illegals whether rubio or hillary lets them in.
I’d like the AfD to get enough seats that the CDU has to go into coalition with them. The current government is a “grand coalition” with the socialists cause in the last election Merkel’s previous coalition partners, the Free Democrats, came in under the election threshold and lost all their seats, CDU gained but not as many as the FDP lost. I remember Freepers that didn’t get it celebrating that election as if the results were good.
Looks like CDU/CSU and AFd together might win a majority, may or may not need the FDP (polling around 5%, the threshold) as well. The question is might Merkel rather keep the grand coalition with the SDP rather than go in with the Afd, and what would the CSU have to say about that.
In Austria the main center-right party chose to remain as the JUNIOR partner in GC with the socialists there rather than lead a coalition with 2 other right of center parties. Revolting.
In any case, I’d like see Merkel step down and allow the CDU to get a new leader, it’s time.
Election is a while off unless the government falls. Polling as of now doesn’t show a majority for the leftist parties in the cards, even a first place finish by the SPD seems unlikely, their poll numbers are entirely stagnant since the last election, no one in Europe seems to thrive being the junior partner in a coalition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_German_federal_election
I have heard your crap for years. It is total BS.