German Elections & Politics

[MaxQue]

Well, it's sure than if you want to copy the exact same social democracy than in the 70's, this won't work. Ideologies change over time. Anyways, right now European Social Democracy is mostly slowing down neoliberalism, which isn't inspiring. Social Democracy has to reinvent itself, like Conservatism/Christian Democracy did.

[MaxQue]

All of them sounds like SPD-Green, but Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which would be SPD-Left (SPD prefers being senior to Left than junior to CDU).

[MaxQue]

What was DSU?

[MaxQue]

Frauke Petry has been elected leader of the AfD. Does this spell the end of the party's economic liberal wing?

In the long run, it could mean the end of the AfD.

There has been talk that deposed party leader Bernd Lucke - who essentially got primaried for being too moderate - and his followers will now leave the AfD and form their own party.

Why the end?
Will they not basically just be a standard European anti-immigration and anti-EU party now? And a more coherent one.

Because, for historical reasons, an anti-immigration, anti-EU party is unpalatable to 90% of the population.

[MaxQue]

Frauke Petry has been elected leader of the AfD. Does this spell the end of the party's economic liberal wing?

In the long run, it could mean the end of the AfD.

There has been talk that deposed party leader Bernd Lucke - who essentially got primaried for being too moderate - and his followers will now leave the AfD and form their own party.

Why the end?
Will they not basically just be a standard European anti-immigration and anti-EU party now? And a more coherent one.

Because, for historical reasons, an anti-immigration, anti-EU party is unpalatable to 90% of the population.

Well, even if that was true, they would still have a niche in which they were clearly the most palatable party.
I think those historical reasons are becoming just that, history.
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/majority-germans-reject-immigration-outside-eu-312282

Well, then, why Die Republikaners never had any success?

[MaxQue]

CDU/CSU ... worst result since 2013 and 6 points below where they were 2 months ago.

Rumours go, the CSU is considering to withdraw their ministers from the cabinet, says Germany's biggest tabloid.

Good.

Merkel and CDU/CSU deserve all their recent troubles and collapsing poll numbers.

After all, Merkel was elected by the German citizens/voters to serve their interests and not the interests of the millions of migrants, which Rabenmutti now suddenly wants to crowd into the country.

To represent all German voters, not only the racists.

[MaxQue]

The "Dritte Weg" is actually a "freie Kameradschaft" (street-fighting Nazi hoodlums) with a party banner, while the NPD is only collaborating and openly supporting such structures without beeing one and also have some people who ocassionally were suits.

So it is more a matter of style then ideology.

Given Germany love for censorship and over-nannying (ie. the dreadful, dictatorial and index-like BPjM), how those "Kameradschaft" not banned?

[MaxQue]

With worrying frequency I come across reasonings along the lines of "I don't have any proof for that, but I do believe it anyway, because it fits with what I think I know about it".

How is this different from supporters of every other political party of the world? There is nothing new under the sun.

But they aren't a fifth column from an hostile government.

[MaxQue]

Justice Minister Heiko Maas's May Day speech didn't exactly go according to plans: YouTube: "Get out, Traitor!" - German People chases Minister of Justice Heiko Maas to his Armored Mercedes

Neo-nazis thugs, you mean.

[MaxQue]

Don't see what the problem is. The leader of the German Muslim Council thinks he's entitled to change the AfD program as he sees fit and simultaneously link the party to Hitler and the Holocaust. There really is no basis for discussion there.

Well, everyone is entitled to say the truth. Sorry if that triggers you.

[MaxQue]

Don't see what the problem is. The leader of the German Muslim Council thinks he's entitled to change the AfD program as he sees fit and simultaneously link the party to Hitler and the Holocaust. There really is no basis for discussion there.

Well, everyone is entitled to say the truth. Sorry if that triggers you.

I know the words "fascist" and "Nazi" are thrown around by the left like they're going out of business but it would suit you and your ilk well to take a step back and look at what you are actually saying when you're accusing the AfD of being a Third Reich party. You are implying that the AfD advocates or would at least tacitly support the murder/forced deportation of 4 million Muslims in Germany. Think about that for a moment. That is a ridiculous charge. As a matter of fact I think anyone making such a claim should get their ass sued for libel. The AfD is right to take such an uncompromising stance on the issue. It's time to stop the casual accusation of perfectly decent people as Nazis.

Well, they are ready to shot any Muslim getting near the border. It's barely a step further.