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The End of a Belle Époque: Stability and Risks in Germany’s Elections

... leader of Bavaria, Markus Soeder, who has earned great popularity in the fight against COVID-19. At the state level, his Christian Social Union (CSU) operates independently, but at the federal level—it acts in alliance with the CDU. If the bloc won the elections, he could apply for the post of chancellor, but the CDU/CSU board voted against this after behind-the-scenes consultations. This confirms the party’s explainable choice in favour of stability: excessive risks during the transition of power can lose political capital, and continuity will help preserve ...

25.08.2021

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Germany: Elections Over, Uncertainty Remains

... political rivals labelling it a “political pariah,” the AfD had refused to cooperate with other parties even before the elections, stressing that they had “outlived themselves” and no longer represented the real interests of the German people. The CDU/CSU and the SDP failed to win over undecided voters (and there was an unusually high number of such voters before the elections — between one third and one half of all voters, according various estimates) and achieve their goals. The so-called non-electors mostly voted for small parties. The election programmes labelled “governmental” by the two popular parties ...

26.09.2017

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