Germany
held Parliamentary elections on Sunday 10/14/18.
The
Liberal Christian Social Union Party got 37.2%.The Liberal Green Party got
17.5%. The Conservative Free Voter’s Party got 11.6%. The Conservative AFD Party
got 10.2%. The Liberal Social Democrat Party got 9.7%. The Liberal FDP got
5.1%.
The
Liberal Green Party took seats from the other Liberal parties. The Conservative
parties took seats from the Liberal coalition parties.
Wikipedia reports: The 2018 Bavarian state election took
place on 14 October 2018 to elect the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria.
The parties
of the CDU/CSU-SPD federal-government grand coalition suffered
heavy losses. The CSU and the SPD both lost more than 10
percentage points compared
to the 2013 election, finishing at 37.2% (CSU) and 9.7%
(SPD) respectively. AfD, which ran in Bavaria for the first
time, made double-digit gains and won 10.2% of the total vote. The Greens
gained 8.9pp and hence finished as the second strongest party, at 17.5%,
replacing the SPD. The FDP, which failed to enter the Landtag in
2013, barely made it with 5.1% (+1.8pp) as the smallest party in the new
legislature; the Bavarian Free Voters gained 2.6pp and finished third, slightly
ahead of AfD at 11.6%. All other parties failed to cross the 5% threshold
required to make it into the Bavarian Landtag.
Turnout
increased by 8.8pp to 72.4%.[2]
(AJC,
10/15/18, page A8 reported “Bavaria’s controlling party, a Merkel ally, loses
ground.
Germany: On eve of important regional election,
German Leftists of all stripes head to the streets, by Ann Corcoran, 10/14/18.
Invasion of Europe news…..There was a massive (by all accounts) demonstration in
Berlin yesterday, just as Bavarians in the south headed to the polls for a
critical election today. First, on the election, a sampling of headlines says
it all!
At CNN: Bavarians vote in
election that may spell doom for Merkel
At Reuters: Merkel’s Bavarian
allies brace for bruising in state election
At The Express: German Bavaria election polls: Angela Merkel IN CHAOS as Chancellor
holds on by a thread
We are the World? Therein lies the
problem! But meanwhile in Berlin
tens of thousands rallied for, well, everything!
A
hodge podge of Leftwing interest groups took to the streets ostensibly under a
banner of opposition to racism and populism. They want unity in Germany.
Underlying
it all, of course, is the disastrous decision by the Merkel government to
welcome hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa to
the country beginning in 2014-2015. Not much hope of unity now!
From Deutsche Welle: Berlin protests against far-right politics draw thousands
Over
200,000 people have taken to the streets of Berlin to face down the rise of
far-right populism in Germany and Europe. The protesters were demanding more
solidarity with marginalized groups.
Berlin
produced an absurdly hot and sunny fall day on Saturday to welcome an estimated
240,000 people demonstrating against racism and calling for solidarity against
the rise of far-right populism across Germany.
Julia Naji joined Saturday’s protest to
represent Cycling Friends, a Berlin initiative that, among other things, runs
cycling classes for refugees. “Today, people will meet up and show that we
should fight against racism and homophobia as loudly and with as many
people as possible,” she told DW.
A
5-kilometer (3-mile) stretch of the capital city’s center, from Alexanderplatz
through the Brandenburg Gate to the Victory Column, had to be closed down to
accommodate the huge parade, which was united under the hashtag #unteilbar
(“indivisible”).
The
crowds were punctuated by 40 trucks mounted with loudspeakers, some delivering
political messages, others pumping out music of all genres. They also included
the traditional Berlin staple: the techno truck surrounded by semi-clothed
dancers. The march was bookended by two concert events, the second of which was
expected to stretch into the evening.
All kinds of organizations joined in, including trade unions, NGOs,
political parties (both mainstream and fringe), gay rights groups, schools and
theaters, all carrying a variety of banners, each with their own cause to
promote (Ryanair workers were a conspicuous presence), but all united behind
the slogan: “Solidarity not marginalization.”
Senior
government figures lent their support to the demonstration, most notably
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who tweeted: “It is a great signal that so many
people are going on the streets and showing a clear position: We are indivisible. We won’t let ourselves be
divided — certainly not by right-wing populists.” More here.
See
my ‘Invasion of Europe’ archive here. And, I
have written dozens of posts on dear Deutschland, here.
‘We are the world’ reminded me of one of my favorite
youtube spoofs—-We con
the world. See it here.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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