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The solid 40% of the electorate which is on the right doesn't have a problem with liberal reforms - many want more.

I will dispute that. This is true of the party elite and supportive media, but not such strong bases as conservative public workers or the rural population.

Moreover, the dissatisfaction with the SPD/Greens government is from a time that government tried economic-liberal reforms itself. I don't see popular support for these reforms.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Sep 12th, 2005 at 02:51:58 PM EST
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I was generalizing about the right's support for reforms - of course it isn't unanimous, economic policy is not the sole reason for party preference. But that goes both ways - I'm sure that plenty of Green and SPD voters support the reforms, particularly among the upper middle class social liberal types.
You say you don't see popular support, I could swear that I remember plenty from polls on the subject at the time of the anti-Hartz demos.
by MarekNYC on Mon Sep 12th, 2005 at 04:04:27 PM EST
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Maybe I remember different polls, or misremember entirely :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Sep 13th, 2005 at 05:32:33 AM EST
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