02-15-2017, 06:33 PM
(02-15-2017, 04:11 PM)hollodero Wrote: I don't think Schulz will win the election. He will do better than they did before him, though. Have you ever come across Schulz' predecessor? Sigmar Gabriel, total disaster as Trump would, in this case rightfully, say. I can honestly say I would have been a better candidate, and probably most people.
And sure, AfD will get some seats. But that's the irony. The only country not too susceptible to right-wing populism is Germany, of all countries.
In my country and many others (but especially in mine, we are always font runners there) the picture looks a lot different. Our nationalistic right-wingers will in all probability be the strongest force after our next election.
If I were a German, I would be SPD. So yeah, I know what you are saying there.
For the other part, that's interesting. How do you think the right wing populists will fare elsewhere?
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
