Germany: Nationwide protests against cooperation with far-right AfD party

[jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de]

The first opinion polls after the vote indicate the needle didn't move at all.

[melchior@feddit.org]

There are two polls which have polling after the vote on Wednesday. That are the two INSA polls, which both have been commisioned by BILD...

[roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world]

have easily been voted in as chancellor, if he had done nothing

So doing Scholz's Thing? It worked the last time.🥸

[federalreverse@feddit.org]

I'd guess that over 95% of those at the protests will also vote. The issue is that even if there are 1 million protesters, there 82 million non-protesters in Germany.

[trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works]

given they’re literally the socialist party.

Oh You sweet summer child. The SPD hasn't been socialist, nor social democrat since Schröder reinvented it as a "centrist" party modeled after Tony Blair's "new Labour" back in the early 2000s.

[mateoto@lemmy.world]

While Merz’s move might not have any immediate impact on the polls - since the CDU is currently leading - it will soon create a much bigger problem: no party across the democratic spectrum will be willing to form a coalition with him.

He may win over some radicals and see a temporary boost (or no negative impact) in the polls, which will likely lead him to believe he’s on the right track. But in the long run, he’s undermining his own trustworthiness.

Imagine being in a coalition with him, and then he starts pushing radical policies that have no support from his partners or the democratic parties. He’ll likely work with the far righters of AfD.

That’s a person you simply can’t trust or work with. The CDU may still win the election, but Merz has effectively destroyed his chances of becoming Chancellor.

His only remaining path to power would be through a power-hungry, partisan approach that prioritizes politics over the country’s well-being and democracy - ultimately paving the way for working with the AfD, which would be disastrous for Germany’s democratic foundations.

At this point, he became Germany’s version of Trump.

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

Tbh I feel like German politics has long been a copy of British politics and vice versa

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

Doesn't make it any less disappointing that they still call themselves "socialist party".

[chairmanmeow@programming.dev]

If the Dutch election was any indication, it will long-term benefit the AfD and hurt the CDU.

When the VVD, frontrunner at the time, suggested they could work with the PVV, a lot of right-wing voters shifted from the VVD to the PVV. Suddenly the PVV became the largest party, doubling their seats, whilst the VVD lost a third.

[cows_are_underrated@feddit.org]

If we are lucky WE might get a coalition with the left, the greens and the social democrats. Last time I checked they were at about 43% vs 45% for CDU and AfD. It is not completely unlikely.

[don_alforno@feddit.org]

They won't. Conservative voters think his racist bullshit is the right thing to do, it's just a bit unsavory that he tried to pull them off with the Nazis. His blaming SPD and Greens for that (because they didn't want to agree to his proposals)? They'll gobble that shit right up.

[hawlsera@lemm.ee]

Wait you guys are fighting back against your Far Right instead of just "debating them in the Free Market of Ideas" and "Respecting their right to Free Speech"

It's like you actually care about your sense of self-preservation or something.

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