If Angela Merkel were an American, to which party would she belong?

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Whichever was more popular.

Definitely a moderate to left-wing Democrat, what kind of Republican do you think would allow one million refugee's into this country or try to get rid of nuclear energy (I disagree with both those things myself).

Err, you may have a skewed idea of Frau Merkel from Anglo media. Here's a better picture of her and her approach to policymaking:

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The Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party.

Lol

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Err, hollande is tothe right of Sanders. Not particular hard to br the left of flanby.

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err, a look at their history. Flanby is, and always has been, a milquetoast party apparatchik who adopted the most superficial and constitutionally flimsy of populist reforms to ensure everybody didn't fall asleep on the way to the polls or literally believe his name was "Not Sarkozy". There was no serious attempt to grapple with the nature of the French Republic (a deeply conservative state moulded by its founder, unless one is so lost in absurd American distinctions of "small government = conservative that  you believe King Ramses was a hardcore lefty).

Sanders ran an infuriatingly vague campaign, and indeed I became frustrated with the man because he lacked intellectual curiosity or depth. But he was a man that on some level, seemed to oppose The Way Things Are - in foreign policy, economically and politically. It is unfortunate that he chose not to engage with his opinions in a deeper sense than the (understandable) gut instinct of opposing "wrongness". That puts him to the left (or at least on a more radical position) than someone who has always projected the airs of a ambitious mid-level-manager.