Germany Votes

[danny W1M]

FWIW,

Leadership of German far right splits hours after electoral success

[URL="https://www.yahoo.com/news/split-exposed-german-far-co-leader-storms-074935187.html"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/split-exposed-german-far-co-leader-storms-074935187.html[/URL]

[Klause]

Contrary to NA news German politics all lean right.


The major power is trying CDU/CSU which is the party of Konrad Adenauer (the one who brought Germany back after WWII ) and Helmut Kohl (under whom German reunification happened). Generally the leaders are in for the long haul and the party is stable.

The letters stand for Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union.

Their color is black and they are most closely like our conservatives.

The FDP is a further right more libertarian party. Their natural followers are small biz owners that want lower taxes and less regulation. They are anti immigration to an extent.

The AfD is the Alternative for Deutschland. They are hard right and hard line anti immigration. They also want Germany out of the EU and not bailing other countries out.

The Left (that's the actual name) is a socio-communist party. They are what's left over from east German communism most of their support is from the poorin the east.

The SDP is the other big party. Social Democratic Party.

They are like a liberal / ndp hybrid that leans left of center slightly they stand for more social programs higher minimum wage unions etc. However interesting to note they still want controls on social programs like unemployment only if a job is not available ... Drug testing for welfare etc. Usually union employees government workers and the like vote for them.

They have formed power before... Usually do 1 or 2 terms at a time.

They've had notable accomplishments like re-integrating east Germany's economy and bringing eu countries standards up.

Before the election the government was a coalition betaeen the CDU/CSU and the SPD... SPD now said they want to be opposition and not government.


If they would have made a coalition the AfD would have been official opposition.

In Germany it's normal for coalition governments... And they are usually very stable and work well.



Oh yeah and the Greens are the favorite of university profs and other enlightened people... They are pretty moderate and pursue green energy but also taxation (as in wanting lower) issues.