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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 10, 2015 19:39:19 GMT
The FPD get back in Bremen!! That is a real surprise. From what I've just been reading, it looks like an energetic campaign by their 30 year-old leader Lencke Steiner, who also appears to have been getting dogs' abuse. Bizarrely, she isn't actually a member of the FDP! Looks like Die Gruenen/Buendnis 90 and SPD took a beating. |
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Post by iainbhx on May 15, 2015 19:36:16 GMT
The FPD get back in Bremen!! That is a real surprise. From what I've just been reading, it looks like an energetic campaign by their 30 year-old leader Lencke Steiner, who also appears to have been getting dogs' abuse. Bizarrely, she isn't actually a member of the FDP! Looks like Die Gruenen/Buendnis 90 and SPD took a beating. The polls did indicate they would and SPD/GRÜ have been the ruling coalition for a while. I see Bremerhaven preferred their home grown nutters (Citizens in Rage) to the AfD. The usual suspects only have a very small majority, but nothing to fear from those splits. Looks like we will have 3 contests on the 13th of March, Rheinland-Pfalz, BaWû and Sachsen-Anhalt. Hmm, I haven't been to Mainz in ages. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on May 15, 2015 21:10:44 GMT
I was in Mainz last summer. Only one brewery that I could find, but it was a pretty good one- Eisgrub.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 15, 2015 21:18:15 GMT
Rhineland-Palatinate is home to the grimmest place I've been in Germany- Ludwigshafen. Which oddly was Kohl's power base.
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Post by iainbhx on May 15, 2015 21:36:52 GMT
Rhineland-Palatinate is home to the grimmest place I've been in Germany- Ludwigshafen. Which oddly was Kohl's power base. You haven't lived until you've been to Frankfurt/Oder. I must admit that I might pop to Mainz for this one, I need to knock off the Bahnstrecke Alzey–Mainz and the Nahetalbahn. |
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Post by carlton43 on May 15, 2015 23:50:40 GMT
I was in Mainz last summer. Only one brewery that I could find, but it was a pretty good one- Eisgrub. I thought that meant 'cold food'? |
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Post by carlton43 on May 15, 2015 23:56:53 GMT
A pleasant elderly German couple crossed our land this week hiking towards Red Point. They were from the Ruhr and talked about our election and seemed amused about the massive SNP win. I expressed an interest in AfD and they immediately changed the subject. It was quite abrupt. Do some regard it like the French FN? I would have thought not?
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 17, 2015 18:27:02 GMT
A pleasant elderly German couple crossed our land this week hiking towards Red Point. They were from the Ruhr and talked about our election and seemed amused about the massive SNP win. I expressed an interest in AfD and they immediately changed the subject. It was quite abrupt. Do some regard it like the French FN? I would have thought not? There is a certain tranche of opinion in Germany, normally between 50 and 70, who regard any criticism of the European Union as very sinister and don't like to discuss it at all. It's even worse in Belgium. I can well imagine that these people were of that ilk, and the AfD might as well be trying to occupy Danzig for all they care. Which is crazy given that Germany has a real far-Right and the AfD aren't remotely connected. Germany is only really now being to come to terms with the idea that the EU is not infallible. |
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Post by carlton43 on May 17, 2015 18:57:19 GMT
A pleasant elderly German couple crossed our land this week hiking towards Red Point. They were from the Ruhr and talked about our election and seemed amused about the massive SNP win. I expressed an interest in AfD and they immediately changed the subject. It was quite abrupt. Do some regard it like the French FN? I would have thought not? There is a certain tranche of opinion in Germany, normally between 50 and 70, who regard any criticism of the European Union as very sinister and don't like to discuss it at all. It's even worse in Belgium. I can well imagine that these people were of that ilk, and the AfD might as well be trying to occupy Danzig for all they care. Which is crazy given that Germany has a real far-Right and the AfD aren't remotely connected. Germany is only really now being to come to terms with the idea that the EU is not infallible. Thank you. It does explain the abruptness and the coolness. It was as if I had uttered a most uncouth remark at a vicarage tea party. They were right in the age zone being a tad younger than me and of that middle class formality only found in parts of Germany and quite gone from England. |
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Post by Richard Allen on May 17, 2015 23:45:03 GMT
For many of a certain generation in Germany their membership of the EU is, to put it in the words of Yes Minister, their application for readmission to the human race.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 18, 2015 5:15:18 GMT
For many of a certain generation in Germany their membership of the EU is, to put it in the words of Yes Minister, their application for readmission to the human race. It all tends to make one remember that 1933-1945 and the Wilhelm II years were dreadful aberrations in the history of one of the world's more civilised, collegiate and refined cultures. |
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 4, 2016 9:29:39 GMT
A week on Sunday will see elections to three Landtag, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Sachsen-Anhalt. Expect to see gains for the AfD.
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Post by A Brown on Mar 4, 2016 9:44:25 GMT
A week on Sunday will see elections to three Landtag, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Sachsen-Anhalt. Expect to see gains for the AfD. AfD could come 2nd in Sachsen Anhalt. A CDU disaster with the Greens retaining power is expected in BW. The real focus will be on the neck and neck race between the SPD and CDU in RLP which will have serious implications for Merkel's future and her potential successor. |
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 4, 2016 11:41:29 GMT
A week on Sunday will see elections to three Landtag, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Sachsen-Anhalt. Expect to see gains for the AfD. AfD could come 2nd in Sachsen Anhalt. A CDU disaster with the Greens retaining power is expected in BW. The real focus will be on the neck and neck race between the SPD and CDU in RLP which will have serious implications for Merkel's future and her potential successor. Oh! I do hope so. |
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Post by iainbhx on Mar 4, 2016 16:56:36 GMT
A week on Sunday will see elections to three Landtag, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Sachsen-Anhalt. Expect to see gains for the AfD. AfD could come 2nd in Sachsen Anhalt. A CDU disaster with the Greens retaining power is expected in BW. The real focus will be on the neck and neck race between the SPD and CDU in RLP which will have serious implications for Merkel's future and her potential successor. AfD are more likely to come third in Sachen-Anhalt, there is a strong Left vote there which will come second. However, it will probably be a Groß. But if the seats work out wrong, it will be a cluster-fuck. BaWü is looking hilarious. The only viable coalition may be CDU/GRÜ with the Greens in the driving seat. Rheinland-Pfalz looks like a repeat of last time except with the Greens diminished considerably, which will mean a Groß. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 17:23:50 GMT
AfD could come 2nd in Sachsen Anhalt. A CDU disaster with the Greens retaining power is expected in BW. BaWü is looking hilarious. The only viable coalition may be CDU/GRÜ with the Greens in the driving seat. Which given the nature of BaWü politics would be an entirely logical and probably quite successful solution. Two moderate centre-right parties with different prioriries, but a fairly pragmatic approach to politics should work fine.[/quote] |
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 13, 2016 18:01:16 GMT
The Green vote has collapsed in Rhineland-platz but the FPD will be back in the Langtag.
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 13, 2016 19:08:57 GMT
A very firm swing to the right in Saxony Anholt, with the Afd coming second with 24%.
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Post by iainbhx on Mar 13, 2016 19:45:06 GMT
A very firm swing to the right in Saxony Anholt, with the Afd coming second with 24%. Quoted to like twice. Do you have a link to the official results? You will need a little german to navigate around. Looks like around 24.2% for AfD. |
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Post by iainbhx on Mar 13, 2016 21:13:02 GMT
Baden-Württemberg • Vorläufiges Ergebnis: GRÜNE 30,3% (47 Sitze), CDU 27,0% (42), AfD 15,1% (23), SPD 12,7% (19), FDP 8,3% (12), LINKE 2,9%, ALFA 1,0%, ÖDP 0,7%, NPD 0,4%, PIRATEN 0,4%, Tierschutz 0,3% REP 0,3%, PARTEI 0,3%, Sonst. 0,2% - Turnout 70,4 %
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