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Snap election?
Hellifino! It seems to be a thing. But so is "caretaker" government. Set me straight.

I wasn't much impressed by MEP-Referendum-Prism campaign by the press in the first place. Since "transnational lists" are not well understood (until summer's end, the big EP group sort, ascension of the Spitzenkandidat or excommunication of the Merkel) I really wouldn't know which coalition colors to pick for DE federal elections. Scheduled 2021, right?

archived German Elections Open Thread 2017
It's really difficult for people in the US to figure out Germany.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jun 3rd, 2019 at 01:47:51 AM EST
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KTHNX

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Jun 3rd, 2019 at 08:38:53 PM EST
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OpEd | The EU conclave
The decision-making for the top jobs in the European institutions bears some similarity to how Roman Catholic Cardinals elect the new Pope. There is a lot of unpredictability and a long wait for the outcome of a less than transparent process.
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The sequence should be the following. First, the Spitzenkandidaten system needs to be killed.

archived April punters
Der Schmiegel
M. Barnier, the reluctant "lead candidate" for EC president

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 11:43:49 PM EST
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Groups are ready, EU Parliament is ready to play
The first of the two big national parties without a Parliamentary group is the British Brexit Party (29 MEPs) ... The second of the big national players is Italian Five Star Movement (M5S) with 14 MEPs.
WOOT!

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Wed Jun 26th, 2019 at 05:07:00 AM EST
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Revealed: The Twitter mug-shot of newly-elected MEPs
data vizualization

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sun Jun 30th, 2019 at 03:59:28 PM EST
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