September 23, 2013
Mixed Reaction in the Med Spanish daily El Mundo runs with the headline “Merkel, Merkel über alles”, while an article in the paper argues that a Grand Coalition (composed of Merkel’s CDU/CSU and the centre-left SPD) “would lead, to a certain ext…
Posted by Valeriy Kucheruk
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CDU/CSU, Die Linke, eurozone, FDP, German 2013 federal election, Greens, SPD |
After a surprisingly manic election night the focus in Germany now shifts to the tricky task of forming a government. As we noted yesterday, many options remain possible. Merkel looks unlikely to gain a majority on her own while the FDP and AfD are cer…
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CDU/CSU, coalition government, German 2013 federal election, german elections, grand coalition, Greens, Merkel, SPD |
See below for the preliminary results of the German elections in 2013. They’ll be officially announced on 9 October, however no change is to be expected. More analysis and reactions will follow.
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September 22, 2013
The first exit polls are in and it looks to be a very close run election. However, not at the top but at the bottom.ARD: CDU/CSU 42%, SPD 26%, Greens 8%, Die Linke 8.5%, FDP 4.7%, AfD 4.9%. ZDF: CDU/CSU 42.5%, SPD 26.5%, Greens 8.0%, Die Linke 8.5…
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AFD, BTW13, CDU/CSU, exit polls, FDP, German 2013 federal election, german elections, Greens, SPD |
September 20, 2013
Despite presenting a ubiquitous front on our blog, our team does often have varying views on the issues we cover. As on twitter, there has been a debate going on within the office about the ins and outs of the German elections – everything from “Veggie…
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AFD, CDU/CSU, coalition government, Die Linke, FDP, German 2013 federal election, german elections, grand coalition, Greens, SPD |
How do we put this delicately…the Germans aren’t exactly known for their sense of humour. Equally neither are politicians, other than attracting derisory chuckles at their attempts to seem cool or in touch with the common man. Combine the two and res…
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AFD, angela merkel, CDU, German 2013 federal election, German public opinion, Greens, peer steinbruck, Piratenpartei |
Our Nina Schick wrote this op-ed for today’s City AM: For a vote touted as decisive to the future of the Eurozone, the German election campaign – which reaches its climax on Sunday – has been lacklustre. With barely any talk of Europe, it’s been …
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AFD, CDU, eurozone, german elections, germany, Merkel, SPD, Steinbruck |
September 19, 2013
Three days ahead of the German election, Germany’s anti-euro party, Alternative für Deutschland is polling at 5%, according to the latest INSA Poll.If AfD actually wins 5% of the vote, it will enter the Bundestag. The poll has caused a bit of a …
Posted by Valeriy Kucheruk
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AFD, Bundestagswahl, FDP, German 2013 federal election, german elections, germany |
In the Dutch Parliament earlier, the VVD (the party of the Dutch PM) EU spokesman Mark Verheijen said he thought EU treaty change was “inevitable” and what is more”when we want less Brussels in several domains, return whole policy areas, …
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dutch politics, dutch subsidiarity review, EU reform, treaty change, VVD |
On the question of Europe, there is a painful gap between the German political elite and the public.As our recent YouGov Deutschland poll on German voters’ sentiments on Europe showed, the German public is overwhelmingly against further financial sup…
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bundestag, eurozone bailouts, eurozone crisis, German 2013 federal election, germany |
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