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And Another One... Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, clearing the way for February election
https://ground.news/article/german-c...newsroom-share
Election in February for the Germans.
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I don't know anything about German politics but it says "Losing Monday's no-confidence vote was the outcome Scholz wanted".
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At this point, we just need a World Politics thread.
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At this point, we just need a World Politics thread.
That sets us up nicely to comment on the incoming World Government. They'll be arriving from Alpha Centauri shortly.
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That sets us up nicely to comment on the incoming World Government. They'll be arriving from Alpha Centauri shortly.
thank Christ, I have had it up to here with stupid human overlords, since the advent of the internet they have been utterly incompetent
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I don't know anything about German politics but it says "Losing Monday's no-confidence vote was the outcome Scholz wanted".
It's a way out of a situation where he runs a minority government that can' get anything done, and a vote of no-confidence was really just a question of when.
So "planned" in the same way a root canal treatment is planned. It was either a new election or political chaos. I don't see him returning as chancellor, as his party is currently polling at half of what the main opposition party is getting.
Scholz would rather have pushed the election further into the future, if that was a real option.
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I think the last thing any of us wants is a Germany independent of the EU.
Yeah. Belgium be thinking "Oh not this #### again!"
At least Poland is ready this time!
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Since the German word for exit is Ausfahrt, I will only accept Eurofahrt or Deutschfahrt.
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So in the last what, 6 months, we've seen the former leaders ousted in Britain, France and now Germany. Who's next?
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So in the last what, 6 months, we've seen the former leaders ousted in Britain, France and now Germany. Who's next?
Canada.
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Can I take a wild guess and say immigration is an issue as well?
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You really hate immigrants don't you?
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Can I take a wild guess and say immigration is an issue as well?
Immigration and economy, same old.
Also, criticism of spending too much and not enough, because the opposition always gets to play both of those cards
The last few years have just generally been bad for incumbents, pretty much all across the globe.
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So in the last what, 6 months, we've seen the former leaders ousted in Britain, France and now Germany. Who's next?
It's a really bad time to be an incumbent.
People are bigly mad.
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You really hate immigrants don't you?
Yes, that is exactly it.
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It's a really bad time to be an incumbent.
People really ought to quit hating immigrants and then everything would be better.
Just ask Karl.
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A look at the popularity of each party in Germany.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng...ading-for-2025
Looks like Scholz started losing popularity in April 2022 when Germany's center-right party started to gain on them. Their far-right party AfD seems to be doing 2nd best behind the center-right CDU/CSU party since mid 2023.
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A look at the popularity of each party in Germany.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng...ading-for-2025
Looks like Scholz started losing popularity in April 2022 when Germany's center-right party started to gain on them. Their far-right party AfD seems to be doing 2nd best behind the center-right CDU/CSU party since mid 2023.
This party has made big gains too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahra_...necht_Alliance
Far left economically, but far right on social issues. Anti-capitalist, but also anti-immigration, anti-trans rights, anti-green agenda, etc..
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And Another One... Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote
