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RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-24-2018 AfD suffered when they lost Frauke Petry. She tried to set up a potential coalition and the hardliners pushed back. Had she been allowed their vote would have gone up. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - BmorePat87 - 01-24-2018 (01-24-2018, 05:44 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Then they will be the #2 party in Germany. Considering 30% is the leader. A wet dream for German skin heads indeed. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-24-2018 (01-24-2018, 07:51 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: A wet dream for German skin heads indeed. Such low opinion of Germans I see. I’m sure those who just want their own borders and own currency will be curious to find out this makes them skinheads Lumping a lot of good, decent, people in that group. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - BmorePat87 - 01-25-2018 (01-24-2018, 09:12 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Such low opinion of Germans I see. I’m sure those who just want their own borders and own currency will be curious to find out this makes them skinheads No, I have a low opinion of white nationalists. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-25-2018 https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-social-democrats-only-four-points-ahead-of-far-right-afd-in-poll/ AfD is gaining. And Matt’s SPD are dropping .... so now Merkel, the mother of all migrants, is trying to form a governing coalition with a sinking ship. Time to have a snap election. This is becoming a joke watching Merkel Run around to form a gov like Benny Hill. Quote:Germany’s Social Democrats only 4 points ahead of far-right AfD RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-25-2018 For some context. Seven months before the elections. SPD -31 AfD - 9 Now SPD - 18 AfD - 14 CDU has also dropped but slightly. 33-31 Quote:Seven months before federal elections, Wednesday's survey of 2,500 voters found support for Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), fell 1 point to 33 percent. The SPD was steady at 31 percent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spd-popularity-germany-socialist-party-chancellor-angela-merkel-cdu-csu-a7607261.html RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - BmorePat87 - 01-25-2018 At this pace, they'll be "over 20%" by 2022. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - Belsnickel - 01-25-2018 (01-25-2018, 02:32 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: At this pace, they'll be "over 20%" by 2022. The problem is that a lot of SPD voters are disenchanted with them, right now. Especially since the vote by the party to enter coalition talks, they aren't pleased. The CDU/CSU party would be mainstream (or what used to be mainstream) GOP, and SPD are New Deal style Democrats. What they see right now is the SPD becoming like the Democrats of today. This is causing those more liberal voters to look elsewhere, and combine this with voters more to the right that has previously been CDU/CSU voters going to AfD, you get what is happening now. It's difficult to look at polls somewhere without talking to the people and reading the news from there (regularly, not just random headlines) and get a good idea of what is going on, but this is what I understand from some people in Germany I know. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-25-2018 (01-25-2018, 02:32 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: At this pace, they'll be "over 20%" by 2022. Actually by their rate of growth they will be over 20% by The fall. I’m sure the new blue party started by Frauke Petry will grow as well. RE: Merkel still trying to form a government - StLucieBengal - 01-25-2018 (01-25-2018, 02:39 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The problem is that a lot of SPD voters are disenchanted with them, right now. Especially since the vote by the party to enter coalition talks, they aren't pleased. The CDU/CSU party would be mainstream (or what used to be mainstream) GOP, and SPD are New Deal style Democrats. What they see right now is the SPD becoming like the Democrats of today. This is causing those more liberal voters to look elsewhere, and combine this with voters more to the right that has previously been CDU/CSU voters going to AfD, you get what is happening now. The Justos are pissed. There is certainly a schism in SPD. Will be interesting to see where they go. Schultz was credited when he took over but they have taken a big hit under his leadership. I wonder if/when he is finally dropped. The more liberals think he is too far left and the socialists don’t like him working with the Merkel. Do you think the Justos will be successful in thwarting any coalition deal? They are trying to get as many people as possible in the SPD for just two months. This could open the door to other minority parties helping push for a snap election. |