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"In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since the Second World War failed by six votes in parliament on Tuesday, an unexpected defeat."

Me: Ooh, someone got a great photo - I feel that one. 😬
(see photo alt text).

I remember Merkel as usually quite reserved - but now I remember another Merkel action photo I liked: https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/this-photo-of-angela-merkel-surrounded-by-other-world-leaders-is-the-epitome-of-female-power-347148.html
https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/world-mu65cd2uz/-/a-XtxfOUONTfunl4d12KTSlQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
#germany #GermanyElection

Photo from linked cbc article:

Among the seats at the Bundestag (German parliament): Angela Merkel, in a pale gold suit jacket, leans far forward over the back of some seats, speaking intensely with three grey-haired men in suits, who are looking and listening. Her open-hand gesture that suggests she's explaining something important.

Ok, as a citizen of neighboring country I need some serious explanation

#racoon #GermanyElection #Politics

Maps on the left panel, by instagramer sashas_maps show spread of racoons in Germany from 1990 to 2020. Panel of the right shows Germany election votes after BBC.

#thisweekthosebooks has two great reads – by Katja Hoyer and Bernard Schlink – on the big divide faced by the big man. #germanyelection #trump thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/germany-fr...

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#thisweekthosebooks has two great reads – by Katja Hoyer and Bernard Schlink – on the big divide faced by the big man. #germanyelection #trump https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/germany-friedrich-merz-anti-trump-trump

@oscherler lol... yeah, actually it is also directed to #GermanyElection #Germany

Looking at Germany's election results by constituency and realising it's essentially a map of East and West Germany absolutely blew my mind. Really shows how fascism targets wealth disparity.

#germany #GermanyElection #politics

Když jsem tohle https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/volby-afd-ovladla-spolkove-zeme-vychodu-berlin-necekane-dobyla-levice-40510280 viděl, tak mě napadla, že tu mapu už jsem někde viděl.

Vlevo spolkové země kde vyhrálo volby AFD a vpravo? NDR! Asi to není náhoda, nebo se pletu? #GermanyElection

International media goes like
"centre-right wins German election"..

Stop the normalisation! How can open Nazi collaborators be called centre right? See last week in January in parliament. CDU CSU is far-right ad yuck!

By now, the centre-right is SPD, self-labelled "socialist" .
This particular pull occurred due to the media<->Nazi clickbait-symbiosis and its organic normalisation of anti-migrant hate mongering.

Plus weak and stupid SPD leadership who failed to turn the debate away from the topic and instead tried to assure citizens that they can expect anti-migrant laws from SPD too.
So 1.76mio former SPD voters went to CDU CSU who can be trusted to serve this oh-so-important topic best.
And half a million former SPD-voters went to the Left, LINKE, the most outspoken #Antifa.

Journalism is really utterly failing. Their professional ethos to "report what's happening" simply doesn't fit in a political landscape that's increasingly dominated by liars and emotional engineering.

This rule in journalism has already failed us in the climate realm, as their own Wolfgang Blau keeps reminding them.

#DEUpol #Germany #GermanyElection

@AwkwardTuring

I do not live in the DACH region, and I do not understand.

When I look at press reports, their story differs from yours.

Example:
https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-merz-scholz-far-right-afd-ebf16ed38e0beaff7fed9a6d29b32a24

Excerpts:

- Merz has repeatedly ruled out working with AfD, as have other mainstream parties — and did so again in a televised post-election exchange with Weidel and other leaders.

- Merz dismissed the idea that voters wanted a coalition with AfD. “We have fundamentally different views, for example on foreign policy, on security policy, in many other areas, regarding Europe, the euro, NATO,” he said.

“You want the opposite of what we want, so there will be no cooperation,” Merz added.

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#Germany #GermanyElection #AfD #Merz

https://flipboard.com/@politicoeurope/politico-europe-brcuar8rz/-/a-BjLFpa7hQmebFCmuqkVVoA%3Aa%3A2843202212-%2F0

If these remain the results, and #BSW and #FDP do not reach over 5%, this will be a good day for #germany, the #EU and #Europe overall.

#CDU #spd #grune #GermanyElection #elections #news #politics #europeanunion #nato #politico #NewEurope

German election results explained in graphics
https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-in-graphics/a-71724186

Lectura recomendada sobre #GermanyElection #eleccionesalemania

#GermanyElection There should be a government deal involving SPD, Grüne, Linke and maybe BSW. The numbers say it is possible, at least if the CDU are really engaged in the antifascist firewall.

#GermanyElection Looks like the old guard Socialists took the biggest hit
https://p.dw.com/p/4qwji

I think #Musk wanted to sell Trump's victory as his achievement and himself as a kingmaker. It's hard to estimate now how #Xitter transformation into a #Nazi platform helped #Trump, but it looks like his and #Vance support for the #AfD didn't increase their percentage.

#uspol #eupol #eu #europe #germany #germanyelection