German Politics I: Turn Left at the Traffic Light

[Shrillland]

Internal pressure to pick a leader grows in CDU/CSU, Alliance 90/Greens to choose their top candidate on Monday

[Shrillland]

It's done: Alliance 90/The Greens Co-leader Annalena Bearbock has been seleected by the party's executive committee has their first ever proper Chancellery Candidate

The OP has been updated accordingly.

[The Blaatschapen]

It's done: Alliance 90/The Greens Co-leader Annalena Bearbock has been seleected by the party's executive committee has their first ever proper Chancellery Candidate

The OP has been updated accordingly.

Wooo, let's hope that ACAB does well in the election

And for those now wondering: ACAB stands for Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock

[Shrillland]

Söder Drops Out: Laschet to be CDU/CSU Chancellery Candidate

This after the Federal CDU Executive Committee voted last night for Lachet 31-9 over Söder, who did have the CSU's backing: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cdu-party-board-backs-armin-laschet-as-chancellor-candidate/a-57258957

I won't lie, this is one of the more spectacular and surprising political mass suicides I've seen in a while.

[Baltenstein]

Until today I was convinced that the CDU will just keep on becoming the strongest party and appointing the chancellor by default but I am starting to think that they may prove me wrong.

[Nakena]

Until today I was convinced that the CDU will just keep on becoming the strongest party and appointing the chancellor by default but I am starting to think that they may prove me wrong.

The Greens got a good chance now.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Big Greens, look at em go.

[Shrillland]

Big Greens, look at em go.

Indeed. For the first time, the Greens now lead in Forsa's Sunday Poll, 28-21 over CDU/CSU

[Pomeron]

Söder Drops Out: Laschet to be CDU/CSU Chancellery Candidate

This after the Federal CDU Executive Committee voted last night for Lachet 31-9 over Söder, who did have the CSU's backing: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cdu-party-board-backs-armin-laschet-as-chancellor-candidate/a-57258957

I won't lie, this is one of the more spectacular and surprising political mass suicides I've seen in a while.

Wait, wasn’t Söder more electable according to polls?

And speaking of polls...

Big Greens, look at em go.

Indeed. For the first time, the Greens now lead in Forsa's Sunday Poll, 28-21 over CDU/CSU

This is interesting. And welcome. Imagine Europe’s largest economy run by Greens. That, I think, would really drive their support on the European level.

[Remnants of Exilvania]

Until today I was convinced that the CDU will just keep on becoming the strongest party and appointing the chancellor by default but I am starting to think that they may prove me wrong.

Yeah, they've truly been engaging in some amazingly self-destructive activities as of late. They were poised to do so well half a year ago still. Ah well.


I continue to say though, I do not believe in Green leadership. The amount of voters that would have to jump on their train would be...well...it would be an incredible amount. Like AfD going from nothing to 20% kind of stuff.

It will be very interesting to see where all those voters all the parties are going to lose are going to go to.

And speaking of polls...

Indeed. For the first time, the Greens now lead in Forsa's Sunday Poll, 28-21 over CDU/CSU

This is interesting. And welcome. Imagine Europe’s largest economy run by Greens. That, I think, would really drive their support on the European level.

Depends. If they royally fudge it, it'll likely hurt the Green cause on a European level. A lot.

[Nakena]

Unless the Greens fuck it up with some bullshit nonsense they have a good chance to win in next elections.

[Baltenstein]

Söder Drops Out: Laschet to be CDU/CSU Chancellery Candidate

This after the Federal CDU Executive Committee voted last night for Lachet 31-9 over Söder, who did have the CSU's backing: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cdu-party-board-backs-armin-laschet-as-chancellor-candidate/a-57258957

I won't lie, this is one of the more spectacular and surprising political mass suicides I've seen in a while.

Wait, wasn’t Söder more electable according to polls?

Yes and so was Friedrich Merz. Armin Laschet is pretty much a male Merkel without the original's natural charisma and energetic leadership style.

[San Lumen]

https://europeelects.eu/germany

Merkel's party continues to plummet in the polls. The Green Party now holds an eight point lead.

[Stephakia]

Söder Drops Out: Laschet to be CDU/CSU Chancellery Candidate

This after the Federal CDU Executive Committee voted last night for Lachet 31-9 over Söder, who did have the CSU's backing: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cdu-party-board-backs-armin-laschet-as-chancellor-candidate/a-57258957

I won't lie, this is one of the more spectacular and surprising political mass suicides I've seen in a while.

Wait, wasn’t Söder more electable according to polls?

And speaking of polls...

Indeed. For the first time, the Greens now lead in Forsa's Sunday Poll, 28-21 over CDU/CSU

This is interesting. And welcome. Imagine Europe’s largest economy run by Greens. That, I think, would really drive their support on the European level.

Söder is really a lot more like Merkel than the CDU would like to admit.

In 2001, the CDU/CSU had two possible leaders: Edmund Stoiber and Angela Merkel (and Wolfgang Schäuble, but he was doomed from the start).

Stoiber was the shoe-in for chancellor.
Stoiber was more electable (man).
Stoiber had more seniority and experience.
Stoiber was the first serious CSU chancellor candidate since Strauss
Stoiber was supported by the leadeship, and also by Schäuble
Stoiber...

Stoiber lost the election.

At which point, Angela Merkel took over and started winning.

Söder is just waiting for Laschet to self-immolate, implode, or in another doom the CDU/CSU is the upcoming election. At which point, Söder will do an eloquent round of 'told you so', become leader, and start winning.

This lso means that whoever wins the upcoming elections (Greens, by the look of it) will have a chancellor with a political life expectancy of less than four years. Just ask Gerhard Schröder.

[The Yellow Emperor]

It'll be interesting who wins what in the German elections especially with the Greens.

[Arisyan]

Holy sh*t the CDU just committed one of the largest political suicides ive ever seen. What in the hell were they thinking? Eh, more power to the Greens.

[San Lumen]

Holy sh*t the CDU just committed one of the largest political suicides ive ever seen. What in the hell were they thinking? Eh, more power to the Greens.

No idea plus Merkel’s only plan as of late is lockdown with no plans to end it and the populous is growing increasingly frustrated and to make matters worse she’s been criticizing anyone who disagrees with her. She’s had the country under lockdown since October.

[Shrillland]

For some reason, business leaders prefer Baerbock for Chancellor in a recent ZDF survey

The CDU/CSU Youth Leagues are calling for an amendment to the Basic Law to impose Chancellery term limits of three terms

Baerbock wants a climate alliance with the US, UK, and EU

Also, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Minister-President Manuela Schwesig says that while she doesn't see any way to block the current COVID emergency brake law in the Bundesrat today, she won't implement the law in the state. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also goes to the polls in September

[Mechanikolia]

None. They're all the same liberal nonsense.

[Shrillland]

None. They're all the same liberal nonsense.

Even AfD?

[The Blaatschapen]

None. They're all the same liberal nonsense.

What do you mean with liberal in that sentence?

Because for German politics the term has a different meaning than what is regular for Americans.

[Mechanikolia]

Mostly, I guess they aren't that bad. But they don't stand a chance, it will probally be the Greens anyway so what does it matter.

[San Lumen]

Mostly, I guess they aren't that bad. But they don't stand a chance, it will probally be the Greens anyway so what does it matter.

They will be better than the current government who is bordering on incompetent.

[The Huskar Social Union]

None. They're all the same liberal nonsense.

Liberals, liberals, liberals

You are all liberals

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

None. They're all the same liberal nonsense.

I think you are being over-liberal in your use of the word liberal.