Everybody in America! You don't have to be as dumb as the US president! The guy who won in the German elections is from the same party (CDU) as Angela Merkel was - somewhat like Democrats in the USA.
AfD - the openly neo-fascist party (like 2025 GOP is) got under 20% votes, less than predicted.
AfD - the openly neo-fascist party (like 2025 GOP is) got under 20% votes, less than predicted.
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The US Overton window shifted so much to the right that IMHO CDU has way more in common with most of US democrats.
https://youtu.be/FMU0w4MP8Dc
Fuck Trump
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better to have 50% that just rubber-stamps everything that comes from the demented hitler office?
AfD got 20.8%.
So, under Merkel the CDU was more left, and Merz took it slightly more to the right (hence why it’s the Conservative Party).
And, AfD is now at 20.8% of seats in gov which is a Percentage Point swing of +10.3% the largest gains of any political party in these elections winning 68 seats.
So, while yeah, it may have been less than what was expected, it’s still more than enough to make them the second biggest party represented in the Bundestag. Which is still a huge cause for concern.
To add: you downplaying this is, IMO, capitulation. Be better.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/23/world/europe/germany-election-results-analysis.html
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Thank you Frankfurt!!!
(Chancellor is like the Speaker of the House, though the run the government.)
The US genuinely have 0 alternatives on the left
You're probably celebrating a lot too much. They're knocking on the door for the next election. Denial is not a good idea here.
Congratulations Germans and thank you for giving Snaps a reason to hope again!
Cdu 2nd worst result ever but still won: 30%.
New Cdu chancellor is merkel's party nemesis though.