German elections

[hollodero]

(09-25-2017, 09:33 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: As an aside, who is in the black-green-yellow alliance? My only reference to the representative colors is from Wikipedia (I read about the policies and politics in other places) and those colors would be CDU, Gruene, and FDP according to them. That just seems like an unlikely mix.

It might seem an unlikely mix and maybe it is, but yes that's Jamaica. And if SPD indeed wants to be in opposition, there's no other viable alternative. No one goes AfD, and no one goes Linke.

FDP and Grüne might be closer than you think though. Grüne isn't that far left as one might think, and both parties have an above-average wealthy electorate. And both parties have shown that they can act quite pragmatic and compromize (or betray the electorate, however one wants to see it).

And SPD and getting their stuff together, there's only so much voters can forgive. The years of red-green government are still a disappointment to many, as was the CSU-SPD period afterwards. Plus they had strange figures on top in recent years, the party never gained any profile or appeal anymore. Poor Schulz, he came way too late I guess.