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2013-09-17 Europe

Merkel rejects ailing coalition partners' bid for help

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Posted by Fred 2013-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Germans don't cotton to paltry service.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-09-17 08:13|| 2013-09-17 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Merkel is most likely to continue, just the conditions remain unsure:

1) The Liberals achieve 5%, then the current coalition is most likely to continue.

2) The Liberals achieve less than 5%. Then they won't be in Parliament and Merkel needs to seek a "grand coalition" with the SPD (annoying, but most likely) or the Greens (rather unlikely). The SPD actually has the chance to form a coalition with the Greens and the Left (former East German commies). The Left would love it, but SPD and Greens have ruled out this option rather categorically, so it's not likely for now. The grand coaliton may not hold during the full 4 year term though, so let's see how many moths those promises will hold.

3) Wildcard: The eurosceptical AfD. They want to return to the Deutsche Mark, so they might pull over the 5% mark. In that case the current coalition betwen the CDU/CSU and the FDP may not have enough seats in Parliament, even if the FDP makes it there.

My current prediction:

Current coalition: 60% likely
Grand Coalition: 38% likely

Posted by European Conservative 2013-09-17 09:47|| 2013-09-17 09:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Small correction:
'The Left' is the Communist Party of East Germany.

In fact a member of 'The Left' was the first chairman of the European Communist Alliance.

The CPEG has given itself many names over the last decades. 'CPEG' is not one of them, CPEG is what they are. They are not 'former' genocidal leftists.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-09-17 18:03|| 2013-09-17 18:03|| Front Page Top

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