Germany’s governing coalition collapses

[dimsum]

Germany's governing coalition collapses – DW – 11/07/2024

German Chancellor Scholz says a vote of confidence is planned for January, possibly paving the way for snap elections. The move comes as Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner amid divisions over economic plans.

www.dw.com

Expecting elections in March.

 

[RangerRay]

Germany's governing coalition collapses – DW – 11/07/2024

German Chancellor Scholz says a vote of confidence is planned for January, possibly paving the way for snap elections. The move comes as Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner amid divisions over economic plans.

www.dw.com

Expecting elections in March.

That doesn’t sound like a “snap” election to me…

 

[OldSolduer]

That doesn’t sound like a “snap” election to me…

In Germany you snap NOTHING!! Germany snaps YOU!!!

 

[dimsum]

German chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections

Scholz had called the vote to deliberately lose it following the collapse of his coalition government

www.theguardian.com

German Chancellor loses a non-confidence vote.

 

[Good2Golf]

German chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections

Scholz had called the vote to deliberately lose it following the collapse of his coalition government

www.theguardian.com

German Chancellor loses a non-confidence vote.

Canada laughs at Olaf…

 

[daftandbarmy]

I wonder what political fallout there might be from this...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1882093086949646725

 

[OldSolduer]

I wonder what political fallout there might be from this...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1882093086949646725

What in the actual fuck? Who does this? Really???

 

[Colin Parkinson]

What in the actual fuck? Who does this? Really???

It's epidemic in China as well, people target children to inflict pain on the adults, utterly sick.

 

[OldSolduer]

It's epidemic in China as well, people target children to inflict pain on the adults, utterly sick.

IIRC its not uncommon but still sickening. Seven point six two is the cure.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Interesting

Far-right AfD's win on asylum vote rocks German parliament - BBC News

Germany's Bundestag descends into recrimination after a "firewall" against working with the far-right cracks.

www.bbc.com

 

[Colin Parkinson]

It seems like Germany is going to struggle to put together a governing coalition. The CDU won the most seats and the AFD gained a lot, but CDU refuses to work with them, at least openly. Everyone is also waiting on recounts to see if some of the smaller parties gain official party status. My guess is that unless the CDU and SPD can work together, then the CDU is going to be forced to form a government with AFD.

CDU = AFD = 360 seats

SPD + GRUNE + Die Linke = 269

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Germany could adopt immigration polices that are similar to other EU countries that have recently shifted course. Now is not to the time to have a leadership vacuum in Germany. The country must get more serious on defense spending, remove any restrictions on arms to Ukraine, restart it's nuclear reactors and start looking at coal again.
Canada and Germany should work together on nuclear energy, clean coal technology and working to get Canadian NG to the EU market. Also working together on defence technology to build up a ITAR free stockpile of weapons and technology.

 

[RangerRay]

It seems like Germany is going to struggle to put together a governing coalition. The CDU won the most seats and the AFD gained a lot, but CDU refuses to work with them, at least openly. Everyone is also waiting on recounts to see if some of the smaller parties gain official party status. My guess is that unless the CDU and SPD can work together, then the CDU is going to be forced to form a government with AFD.

CDU = AFD = 360 seats

SPD + GRUNE + Die Linke = 269

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Germany could adopt immigration polices that are similar to other EU countries that have recently shifted course. Now is not to the time to have a leadership vacuum in Germany. The country must get more serious on defense spending, remove any restrictions on arms to Ukraine, restart it's nuclear reactors and start looking at coal again.
Canada and Germany should work together on nuclear energy, clean coal technology and working to get Canadian NG to the EU market. Also working together on defence technology to build up a ITAR free stockpile of weapons and technology.

Doubtful. More likely is a Grand Coalition between the CDU and the SPD, and maybe the Greens. The two parties have formed Grand Coalitions in the past to keep out extremist parties so this wouldn’t be new. The CDU has also made it clear that they won’t work with the AfD.

 

[RangerRay]

Further to my last:

German election results explained in graphics – DW – 02/25/2025

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz has won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes.

www.dw.com

The CDU has ruled out a coalition with the AfD, insisting that it is the "firewall" to the far right. That leaves a two-way grand coalition with the SPD or a three-way coalition that includes the Greens as the most likely options, depending on the final seat distribution.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Doubtful. More likely is a Grand Coalition between the CDU and the SPD, and maybe the Greens. The two parties have formed Grand Coalitions in the past to keep out extremist parties so this wouldn’t be new. The CDU has also made it clear that they won’t work with the AfD.

I just heard that the CDU and SPD are in talks. It's likley the AFD and CDU align on certain points, so it will limit the SPD abilty to control the CDU in such a "Grand coalition" They are talking about a government by Easter.