Europe’s destiny could be determined by German election

His remark was labeled as racist by many German politicians, including the General Secretary of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Peter Tauber, and the Social Democratic candidate for chancellor, Martin Schulz. Opinion polls show that a coalition between the CDU and the FDP may not control enough seats in the Bundestag to appoint a government, meaning they would need additional partners.

“Look how inaccurate the polls were before the USA election and the Brexit”, she said.

It is less than two weeks before the Germans go to the polls on September 23.

At a recent press conference, Schulz attempted to dodge questions about whether the SPD would join yet another grand coalition. Speaking volumes of Germany’s election campaign, excitement at Friday’s rally peaked when a terrier, sporting a red hoodie, chose to steal the limelight. “I was just about to give him a ballot paper”.

The German leader also revealed that her favorite color is the cornflower blue, her favorite piece of clothing is a comfortable cardigan and that she loves swimming and gardening.

But for many Germans, and others, Angela Merkel has been a major factor in ensuring present-day Germany is viewed with respect and admiration, much of it attributed to her calm and unflappable leadership over the past 12 years as chancellor of Germany.

The outgoing grand coalition has governed Germany competently, but too many left-right pacts are bad for democracy.

But Mrs. Wiegank will still be voting for the SPD on September 24, with one reason always drawing her back. Her Christian Democrats are projected to win up to 40 percent support against 25 percent for the second party, the Social Democrats. But one of the few things that is certain is that it will be a coalition one. These conditions make it easier for the ruling CDU to fend off any challenge, including from its main rival, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) led by Martin Schulz, who until recently was president of the European Parliament.Immigration, considering the current atmosphere in Europe, will inevitably play a central role in any election, provoking passionate, in many cases bellicose, debate. The third parties have an array of issues on which they disagree, and even Linder said his party working in conjunction with both the CDU/CSU would be unlikely to work.

How does the German party system work? In a book about the AfP, Melanie Amann depicted it as a mirror of Germany, writing that its voters are “men and women, from east and west, the “establishment” and the “mob.’.They are retired teachers and young students, well-off lawyers and single-parent-hairdressers, ethnic Russians and even the children of Turkish parents”.

“We want Merkel’s policy of bringing one million people into this country to be investigated, and we want her to be severely punished for that”, he said.

According to the microcensus of 2016, there are now 2.8 million people of Turkish descent in Germany, including former guest workers, their children and grandchildren. “So instead, voters seem to be more concerned with domestic security and migration”. So, if a party gets 20% of the national vote it gets 20% of the party seats, being 59 seats. On the far right is the nationalist and eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Schulz, 61, threw a scare into Merkel, 63, early in the year when polls showed his SPD surging ahead of the CDU/CSU during an ephemeral wave of euphoria that followed the former European parliament president’s surprise nomination. So they’d be better off being the main opposition.

“Auto industry firms excessively exploited regulatory loopholes, they haven’t only damaged themselves, but above all deceived and disappointed consumers and the authorities”, she said in stern remarks at the events opening ceremony.

At the rally on Friday, a llive band welcomed voters with a rendition of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”. After a spell out of parliament over the past four years, the FDP is confident the political wilderness is over and that it might win 10 percent, if not more, of the vote.