Since it came up in the other thread ... Why isn't/shouldn't there be one ? Gonna start with my countries election.
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Originally Posted by GrantDawg
There isn't a far-right party claiming the election was stolen and crying for it to be just handed to them?
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Well, there kinda is. They only got 10% though (way more in some eastern states though), so would be a bit more silly even to do more than allude to "irregularities". There's also an anti-vaccine/measures party now that got 1,3%, unfortunately means they get state funding. Imagine calling your country a dictatorship reminiscent of Nazi Germany, yet still get paid by said country. Oh the irony ... *
As for the question of future government in Germany: Most likely a 3 party Coalition between Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals with current finance Minister Olaf Scholz as Chancellor. Not exactly an inspired choice and had some scandals (like doing a shittastic job around the "Wirecard" fraud, which some might recall). He basically won his party the election by being the lesser evil and mostly keeping his mouth shut for the most part and then in debates carefully avoid offending anybody. His nickname among detractors is "Scholzomat" (Scholz the Automat) because no one can pull off sounding good with nondescript phrases quite like he can
Gentlemans Agreement (broken only once before) is for the Party with most votes to get first go at negotiating with other parties. Not as left as it sounds though (for a minute it looked like a 3 party coalition with an even more left wing party was possible, but their results tanked big time), especially since it'll be tough to turn around this oil tanker and there's considereable conservative/right wing population as well. Still, anything is better than the CDU getting another shot. I think Merkel is a great character, but her parliament choices weren't exactly convincing and the party really stiffled her as well.
Their current head is kinda like Boris Johnson. A bit less right/elitist, but similar talent for hitting all the potholes and being aloof to what actually happens in the country.
Both the CDU and the SPD (who got the most votes with a last minute resurgence, where 10 points lower in polls only 2-3 months ago !) are very much the old guard parties, who routinely got 30-40% (or more) up until recently. Very much visible that older people vote for them, younger not nearly as frequently:
Bundestagswahl 2021
(Don't need to read German for the graphics really)
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* In Austria a similar Party got 7,5% in a state election.
On the other hand, a genuine Communist Party won the local election in Austrias third largest city, Graz (or as it may now be called: Leningraz
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And i gotta shock you: Expect them to do a banging job. Were in coalitions before and have done great work helping to improve the city. And got lots of respect for walking the walk as well. Ever since '98 every member elected to council put 2/3 of his 'salary' into a fund for charitable causes, from paying for legal fees to paying for clothes or school books.