RE: German General election ends in 4 hours
September 24, 2017 at 5:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm by Alex K.)
(September 24, 2017 at 8:53 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(September 24, 2017 at 8:13 am)Alex K Wrote: I thought I'd mention it. AM will very likely remain in charge, the question is whether it will be in a coalition with the social democrats or the neoliberals. The green party joining in would not be completely out of the question as they have done that at the state level already. The other question is how many seats the cryptonazis will get. They have an unnerving 12% in recent polls.
Indeed the Germans have a history of not always voting in the best person as chancellor........
We're still a stable enough democracy that the right wing extremists have no chance in hell to actually govern for the time being. And Merkel is just an ordinary centrist politician with a bit too much of an ear for the industry lobby, nothing you would compare to a dictator.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
