Open Thread 18 - 24 Sep | 39 comments (39 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

German elections first results (4.00 / 4)

Party ARD ZDF
CDU 32.5% 33.5%
SPD 20% 21%
AfD 13.5% 13%
FDP 10.5% 10%
Linke 9% 9%
Green 9.5% 9%

So congratulations, AfD is the strongest opposition party. Oh wait, the SPD is still there: they have immediately decided not to join another government. So it looks like Jamaica (CDU/FDP/Green). Weird times and the republic of Germany as we know it is over.

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:23:39 PM EST

Re: German elections first results (4.00 / 2)

CDU -8.8
SPD -5.5
Linke +0.3
Green +1
AfD +8.7
FDP +5.7

Losses of the CDU correspond to the gains of the AfD. Greens hold it (surprisingly).

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:27:43 PM EST
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Re: German elections first results (4.00 / 2)

SPD going the way of all European social democrats (PASOK, PS, ...): down. Worst result since the founding of the republic. Merkel remarkbly misses her potential (seen at up to 40%).

Narrative point: SPD should have excluded another grand coalition -> a real alternative to Merkel -> more votes.

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:38:27 PM EST
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Re: German elections first results (none / 1)

It appears to me that Get-Out-the-Vote campaign Kleiner Fünf is not performing as intended.
Fearing the AfD, young German activists try to mobilize voters

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:48:58 PM EST
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Re: German elections first results (4.00 / 2)

The campaign was always destined to fail. That the cast of Fack ju göhte is involved is just ironic in the culture wars setting.

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:55:10 PM EST
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Re: German elections first results (none / 1)

AfD second strongest party in the East. They have superseded the Linke as the leading protest party. The Linke being part of state governments is seen as part of the establishment.

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Sun Sep 24th, 2017 at 04:53:12 PM EST
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