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2005-06-19 Europe

Bundestag votes back extended jobless benefits

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Posted by too true 2005-06-19 07:58|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Trying to make Merkel's life difficult after he loses the upcoming election?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-19 10:42|| 2005-06-19 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Everything the Bundestag does now is just desperate Red/Green window dressing and rather irrelevant.

Last polls give the CDU/CSU 49% of the votes and an absolute majority by seats. Merkel has already climbed to be the second most popular polititician (after President KÃ¶hler). SchrÃ¶der is plummeting, his SPD now also faces opposition by a new Leftist Alliance.
We'll see the major political swing Germany ever had.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-06-19 13:15|| 2005-06-19 13:15|| Front Page Top

#3 TGA i afraid you will have the problem that DurÃ£o Barroso had here in Portugal. After being elected to fix the Socialist disaster by Guterres, with Media(most is Left or far Left) completely against him, after 3 months of reformist drive all ended with nothing more than some cosmetic changes. The deficit stoped to hike like at socialist levels but nothing strutural was made to stop it. Then when he got the EC invite he just run away. Note that his governement with Popular Party had Parliament majority. The Media and protests stopped any possibility helped by some ineptitude by DurÃ£o Barroso himself and his governement that at first big protest just give up.

If the political discurse in Germany is at left then there will be no chances.

Posted by Hupomoque Spoluter7949 2005-06-19 14:27|| 2005-06-19 14:27|| Front Page Top

#4 i am afraid (correction)

Posted by Hupomoque Spoluter7949 2005-06-19 14:39|| 2005-06-19 14:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think so. The German public may hate the reforms but they know they are necessary. If anything positive can be said about SchrÃ¶der is that he paved the way.
If the Conservatives fail to enact working reforms the Left will be back in 4 years.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-06-19 15:13|| 2005-06-19 15:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope you're right, but isnt German media increasingly anti-capitalist and anti free market?

Posted by Hupomoque Spoluter7949 2005-06-19 16:20|| 2005-06-19 16:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope you're right, TGA, but in light of the IG Metall newsletter, I have My doubts. That such hateful propaganda would be put out by an organization with a lot of members and support is troubling.

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