Conservatives head for German election victory but far-right AfD set for second place, exit polls say
Conservatives head for German election victory but far-right AfD set for second place, exit polls say
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
The conservative CDU/CSU party is expected to be the largest party in the next German parliament with 30% of the vote, according to the first two exit polls Friedrich Merz, 69, is in pole position to become Germany's next chancellor The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to become the second biggest force in the country, with a record 20% of the vote, according to exit polls
At least it's not AfD, not much better but not the worst possible outcome. WTF though Germany?
Similar to US, Germany is very popular with immigrants. Since 1989, there's been a constant flow of people heading towards it.
Also similar to US, most of those immigrants made a home for themselves in Germany. And having built a sense of stability and security for themselves, they felt reluctant to lose it in favour of less friendlier later arrivals.
Germany itself can't provide or accommodate fast enough for the waves of destitute immigrants that were led (intentionally or not) within its borders, so a lot of small crime went unpunished.
Eventually, circumstances led to a much more fearful local populace that are desperate enough to vote for anyone promising them some peace and quiet, at almost any cost.
And a fearful voter is a despicable politician's wet dream.
According to a small survey done among gay men, AfD was their choice, specially among young gay men.
https://www.romeo.com/en/blog/election-survey-results/
Were honestly so screwed.
jfc Germany, are you lot just not paying attention to the disaster that are the Americans?! How the fuck is your entire country just letting this happen?! Fix your shit!
Oh boy, Czechia is also heading to vote for the worse of the top two. I know I know, the other one doesn't really have much to offer, but at least they are for the things better for society and at least they are not pro Putler. World is fucked and nuclear war doesn't seem so bad now.
"they got us in this situation, let's keep voting for them!"
My news bubble says it's the other guy's fault though
Fuuuuuuck
Nazis won’t be part of the government after this result. The conservatives have stated before the election that they won’t form a coalition with the far right AfD, the green party or the left party. But with this result, they have a majority with the social democrats alone.
This will be a stable, centrist, boring government, typically German. Too little progress, but no catastrophe, and no threat to EU democracy, nor to international obligations or support for Ukraine. Neither party are Putin bootlickers either.
In the opposition, the greens and the left combined have more seats than the AfD. And 84% turnout is the highest since 1987!!!
But they will still have 20% of seats, which is not insignificant. I'm glad to see the turnout!
Good even if it looks bad, it's not catastrophic yet. One can hope afd will show the voters just how unhinged they are and lose votes for the next election.
Oh okay, thank you for explaining!