Germany’s CDU/CSU Manifesto Explained

[@inbb510]

You know your country is fucked when you need a Digital Ministry and still uses fax machines to do "paperwork".

[@exentrikk]

And that's exactly why it's a step in the right direction, albeit 20 years late

[@HaveiorLP]

It's ridiculous. There's a online-portal where u can apply for public study grants. All the thing does, is filling out the paperwork for you, so that they can print it out in the end. The process itself is not digitalised att all.

[@Metal_Fingers.]

They are taking lessons from Japan when it comes to adopting new technology

[@serebii666]

@@Metal_Fingers. Western European countries like Germany and the UK are nobly sacrificing themselves to let Eastern Europe catch up with them, just like Japan did for the past 30 years. That's why Japan is now poorer per capita than Czechia.

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

The papereich strikes again

[@Shaman42069]

Please do one on all German parties before the elections! I'd like to learn about each running party's manifesto! Thanks for keeping us informed ^^

[@KylianLabile]

amen to that

[@Haris1]

just SPD + Greens. Most people dont care about BSW, FDP or Linke. Their policies can be summarised in a video together

[@philgorner4693]

bro mach doch einfach wahl-o-mat und wähl was da raus kommt ^^ is das einfachste

[@maxmichalik4938]

If you speak German there are already at least 3 channels already doing this. Die Da Oben, Wissen2Go and Marvin Neumann. All pretty decent channels.

[@lukasrentz3238]

All 29 Parties which will participate or only the up to 9 Parties which have at least a tiny chance of winning seats?

[@IsotopeDude]

The moment you realize that, as a German, you have never read the CDU/CSU manifesto and are learning about it for the first time in English from TLDR-just about three weeks before the general election.

[@LontEnCaras]

first time, I'm actually kinda scared before an election. Because Merz is willing to work with the AfD and he becoming the new chancelor isn't as unlikely as I wish it would be.

[@Janus_M]

@@LontEnCaras Merz is not willing to cooperate with the AfD. He will accept their support but he will NOT work with them as he still sees them as the biggest threat to our democracy.

[@internetual7350]

​@@LontEnCaras What's wrong with the AfD? Forgive me, I don't know much about German politics.

[@infinitycyber3429]

It is a far right party and every other party at least in the past refused to work with them, however this so called 'firewall' between the CDU and the AFD seems to be crumbling.​@internetual7350

[@whitezombie10]

@internetual7350people are accusing them of being nazis because of some scandals and some of their stances. Just look it up and you’ll find plenty of stuff

[@Ausknutz]

Seems like they want to spend more in areas like military and social benefits, while cutting taxes. With the debt brake, I find it difficult for them to succeed.

[@reynanhenry612]

the Union always says that leeches take too much money (Bürgergeld and co) however the biggest leech is the pensioner. They took 100 Billion Euros a year.

[@TheINSANATY]

​@@reynanhenry612That is because Germany has a low birth rate

[@Dave1507]

@@reynanhenry612 biggest leeches are those who don't pay their fair share in taxes and those who evade paying entirely.

[@charlie5204]

@@Dave1507 Which means the rich people and they will get more money from CDU/CSU. And CDU/CSU does not explain where the money will come from for all their promises. I assume the ones who have nothing or less have to pay....

[@__maxyz]

This is what makes this plan so fucking ridiculous. It’s the reason the current government failed, too. There is no money to do all this, simple as that. Cutting a couple million on social benefits is not going to cut it. It’s also the biggest critique from the current financial minister toward the CDU opposition.

[@nakenmil]

"They want to reduce bureaucracy by reducing corporate tax." How convenient, lol.

[@benedekgabor.]

This sounds like the Republican party of the U.S

[@nakenmil]

@@benedekgabor. It's every right-wing/conservative party across the world.

[@bt3743]

​@@benedekgabor.This is standard conservative policy in every country whether its the far right or the centre right. Its like universal healthcare for the left or legalising weed for liberals. Every party supports it in some form or another

[@Buffalo_Soldier]

​​@@nakenmilno. In Poland we have conservative socialists. And we call them "right wing" because of conservatism. Sooo they increase taxes

[@nakenmil]

@ that's on you.

[@arnewengertsmann9111]

What the CDU conveniently doesn't tell us, is how they pay for this. Economists already stated that we would need around 10% growth for those plans to succeed.

[@SodaDjinn]

Yep. Last government dissolved because they couldn't agree on budget, or more precisely where to make cuts. This party wants to govern with even less money somehow. Yeah, no way this could go wrong...

[@Felix-st2ue]

And due to the debt brake they have to balance the books every year. They can't lower taxes and then wait a till next year for the economy to grow.

[@arnewengertsmann9111]

@ And it is not even clear if the economy will grow with lower taxes. The reasons for this recession are a bit too complex for an one issue answer. So even if they had that extra year, it wouldn't neccessarily help.

[@satyamevjha6414]

There are several ways, 1st when you decrease corporate taxes, the companies are more likely to hire more employees and make more purchase eventually bringing the tax back. 2nd, Germany is paying several billion dollars to refugees a month as Bürgeld, hausgeld etc. and after cutting that down the country will save several billion dollars too. 3rd with the new tax reduction on working overhours, people are more likely to work more as Germany is one of the least working country in the world per capita, around 1400 hours a year, that will generate and add to the economy as well. I think if the plan is properly implemented it will defintely bring the economic benefits.

[@cooltwittertag]

​@@SodaDjinnand those cuts arent even benefitting us. Its almost exclusively benefitting the rich.

[@kumbaya69421]

I've never seen a country where all the parties are so united against advancement in technology.

[@ravirajyaguru6849]

We have always done things a particular way so why change? - German politicians probably.

[@icephoenix5466]

Really isn’t social democrats have achieved the settlement of TSMC and INTEL in eastern germany.

[@robymaru03]

You never heard about Japan then.

[@EduardoGoulartRocha-x3s]

​@@icephoenix5466 after heavy tax subsidies, right?

[@LLachs283]

@@EduardoGoulartRocha-x3s every country gives subsidies to its industry. There is no "free market". It just doesnt work. Nowhere. Look how much the "free market" of the usa gave to tesla and other companies to get them running.

[@simonvalikhani8554]

If I hear ” world leader leaderboard” one more time Ill go insane

[@123four...]

@@gabedillin2472 the world leader leaderboard is kinda fun though

[@mharley3791]

@@gabedillin2472 People complain about mainstream news and then get mad when independent creators try to stay afloat. They are literally offering news for free.

[@lordpolish2727]

the whole new intro sucks, feels like they tried to do way too much with it, weird upbeat music

[@zakkabuuz]

I love these guys but that podcast is terrible

[@gabedillin2472]

@@mharley3791 You’re right. I deleted my comment. I shouldn’t be so critical of these guys. I was in the wrong. I should be more understanding. Thank you for checking me here. Genuinely

[@sinom]

The CSU also includes such wonderful proposals in their manifesto as: - Increasing video surveillance in public places - Using facial recognition to monitor public places - Using AI in the prediction and prevention of violent crimes - Expanding the polices ability to surveil people, by e.g. expanding the list of suspected crimes for which wiretapping is allowed - Tracking all webtraffic by logging which IPs connect to which web servers. - Revoking the "dangerous canabis act" by the ample coalition (as well as some other acts the ample passed) etc. etc.

[@buninparadise9476]

This proposal has been widely rejected in yesterday`s vote

[@GOODYGOODGOOD789]

"Using AI in the prediction and prevention of violent crimes" Well it looks like a certain group of people have never seen Minority Report. And, they should it's a great film.

[@spacecube8561]

so, more security? what's wrong with that? it's not like Germany doesn't need it (ehm, Aschaffenburg, Magdeburg, Berlin, Munich, Ansbach, Reutlingen, Wurzburg, Essen etc.....)

[@MidWitPride]

Didn't EU just ban passive facial recognition? Meaning footage can be ran through facial recognition software if someone is already suspected of a crime, but not to passively run a facial recognition software on CCTV that scans everyone it sees. It also forbid using AI to profile people based on their political leanings, which would go against the last point.

[@XandateOfHeaven]

​@@spacecube8561 Please, empowering the government more doesn't make you safer. "Tough on crime" nonsense is almost always a grift except in South America.

[@FeVomTee]

What's a bit strange is that the heating law was a CDU law that was adapted by the center left government. There were already plans to phase out gas and oil heating systems and the CDU government of Merkel had already lowered the prices on more sustainable options like heat pumps in order to incentivize people to buy new appliances 6 or 7 years ago.

[@DiogoMartins13]

One thing is lowering prices, other is to force people to buy them.

[@Descriptor413]

I also enjoy how "Not wanting Europe to become an ice ball due to AMOK collapse" is now considered an ideological stance.

[@Dendarang]

Is that more strange than CDU now set to win by going full 180 on CDU policy under Merkel?

[@benzo___]

​@@Dendarang "set to win", they still poll horrendously bad in comparison to their historic performances, the pensioners keep both CDU/CSU and SPD afloat, if you look at voters up until 50 years they hardly make it past 20% and in younger voter groups they often poll 3rd or even 4th their time is over, they have no strategy whatsoever to counter their base shifting to the far right so the only thing they do is cater to said far right and start culture war against the greens and other left leaning parties

[@melthrandir]

@@DiogoMartins13 1) A heat pump is, even in the worst case possible, much more efficient than gas or oil heating. As such, 2) a heat pump pays for itself, but it comes with a steeper installation cost. 3) If existing and functioning heating is destroyed to be replaced, it is oftentimes more expensive than keeping it. The heat pump, even disregarding its environmental benefits, is worth it. This worth only gets amplified by its environmental benefits. Because of these Facts, the Ampel made several changes to the existing law: 1) From requiring the demolition of oil or gas heating if it is more than 20 years old, to allowing to work until it needs replacement 2) Instead of forcing the Owner to stem the up-front cost himself, the State pays up to 70% of the upfront cost, and guarantees better credit rates for the rest. 3) If the Owner of the house is more than 80 years old, the installation of a replacement oil or gas System is still allowed As such, as is agreed upon by economists, environmentalists and the heating sector itself, a removal of this law would cause more expensive heating and have this cost be only stemmed by the consumers themselves.

[@Storymaker1995]

"Merz looks pretty likely to win" - that didn't age very well 24 hours later

[@FakeEnzoBot]

As an American, this center-right party seems remarkably left wing

[@FlubberFrosch]

As it should be. Your two parties are right wing and far right. Both should care way more for all your people, their health and their education.

[@nanoder7te]

Yeah, it is more that USA politics are incredibly right wing. Not just compared to Germany, but to all other western nations. Even the idiotic AFD has more intrest in social security than the democrats. IMO both your parties are way more intrested in the needs of coperations than the of citizen.

[@AceofSpades511]

What America considers to be left wing is right wing everywhere else in the world/

[@FlubberFrosch]

@@AceofSpades511 *still right wing

[@ak_7973]

After yesterday's vote in the Bundestag, there could be a surprise CDU+CSU+AfD coalition after the elections. Merz would make it so difficult for SPD and The Greens to work with him that they would refuse to go in a coalition with him. And then because he has "no choice", he would join hands with the AfD.

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

That would be glorious. Then again, there are more common points between Merz's CDU/CSU and the AfD nowadays. Merz probably saw what can happen if you make a traffic light coalition again, where you could not pass basic legislation without one of the coalition partners obstructing it.

[@JarvisGaming]

I like how you put the no choice in quotation marks. He literally has another choice. Be more clear and direct what the people want and show that to the SPD and Greens. Not threatening to work with Nazis just because you didnt get you milk flask.

[@0ptic0p22]

what is the possibility of CDU with AFD and BSW?

[@JacktheRah]

@@0ptic0p22 BSW doesn't want to work with either of them and they likely won't make it into parliament.

[@Abraxium]

Germany just said "Third time's the charm" Don't make me come down there and give you the 30 years' war treatment

[@Kanabai1871]

You should cover the current crisis in the Norwegian government and the center partys very likely exit

[@exentrikk]

They did make a video on it recently

[@Kanabai1871]

@exentrikk Not the situation I am referring to, that has just developed in the last week because of the Center Party’s opposition to the implementation of three eu directives concerning energy

[@latinha1903]

they made a video about it like 2 weeks ago

[@Kanabai1871]

@@latinha1903 That video wasn’t about the situation I’m referring to, it was just about the decline of the main parties

[@tolga9388]

@Kanabai1871yeah but the video they posted 2 weeks ago is explanatory enough. You can’t expect them to post videos about all 50 countries continuously. And it’s not like Norway is USA, China or Germany.

[@immortaljellyfish1051]

The CDU may win however without support of another party they cannot govern. Either that means the SPD or AfD. That will heavily influence their policy

[@KougarManx468]

From an outsider looking in , l see a likely coalition between the CDU & AFD rather than SPD . Although l could be wrong .

[@immortaljellyfish1051]

@KougarManx468 I think you are correct, I too as someone from the UK looking in think that will happen. I cannot see how the CDU would fulfil their manifesto with the SPD when it's so dependant on undoing so much of the previous governments work. Hopefully I'm simply wrong

[@KougarManx468]

@@immortaljellyfish1051 yeah , that's what l was thinking , l don't think that for a new coalition to happen it should include a party from the previous government's coalition . Plus l am going off based on how each of those parties describe themselves & how others describe them .

[@andreastom1755]

The CDU have ruled out a coalition with the afd many times, and the spd is way closer to the cdu than the afd in any case. Its important to remember that the afd is genuinely a neo nazi party. @KougarManx468

[@Naethdren]

@@KougarManx468 As a German, I think this is nigh-impossible. If you just look at the manifestos, sure, CDU/AfD/FDP aren't all that far apart on many issues. However, entering a coalition with the AfD would spark enormous backlash, and would almost certainly be political suicide for Merz.

[@Chrissy717]

You know what will actually safe Germany!? The party that governored this country for 16 years straight, which is also responding for this situation in the first place!!! That will bring Germany to it's forme- Wait, hold on... Maybe this isn't the best idea.

[@arielbatista7ify]

What's the best idea?

[@personbelowmeisadumbass8891]

@@arielbatista7ify AfD,Cologne 2016 remembers

[@uziel1447]

​@@arielbatista7ifyThere is only the choice of the lesser evil.

[@ecnalms851]

Still is the better party to vote for it looks like. It offers the most balanced approach (they're not Afd, but they're also not SPD or the greens).

[@spacecube8561]

yea, but the person responsible for making CDU the way it was for 16 years is, finally, gone. so...... time for abolishing that stupid debt brake

[@akapbhan]

What I like about CDU is that they are neither Christian nor they are Democratic.

[@philipkoene5345]

Nor is their sister party CSU from Bavaria in any way social.

[@linux9095]

What a bullshit. You know that this is crap.

[@LontEnCaras]

@linux9095 No, I think he's right. They have "christian" as their label, but don't act on it (but let's be honest, that's probably for the better, since over 60% of germans aren't religious at all) and they tend to pick their friends for high positions without letting anybody vote on it, and let big corporations influence them a lot. There is no other german party that has as many corrupion cases as the CDU/CSU (and that's not such a good thing.).

[@philipkoene5345]

@linux9095 Heads of the catholic and protestant churches in Germany wrote a joint, open letter to Merz, imploring him not to do, what he did on wednesday. He did it anyway - collaborating with the undemocratic, extremist AfD. Calling CDU not christian and not democratic is not that far from the truth at the moment.

[@linux9095]

@@philipkoene5345 The absolute majority of catholics stands behind the politic of Merz. Trust me I am a german catholic.

[@Mortarion-xt9wp]

Let's hope that the policies of Merz isn't as bad as his hairline

[@MaximilianvonWimpffen-ys3iz]

But look at Scholz hairline what does that say about his Policies 😂

[@Mortarion-xt9wp]

@@MaximilianvonWimpffen-ys3izFair enough. Of all current leaders the Germans are truly unlucky aren't they 😂

[@benzo___]

his policy is horible, this party governed on nearly identical policy for two 16 year runs we see the result today, CDU/CSU among other things cancelled the huge German glass fibre invest, let wind and solar tech be bought out by the Chinese, made Germany incredibly dependent on Russian gas without any exit strategy, went for nuclear phase out before coal phase out and still did not invest into massive build up of renewables, shyed away from any meaningful reform of the pension system, abolished many of the necessary taxes for redistribution like wealth tax, created countless loopholes for tax evasion in every aspect of the German tax code, decided to accept millions of refugees but refused to allocate adequate resources for their ingegration, gutted the Bundeswehr and implemented an arbitrarily strict debt break in times when Germany could have made use of its better financial situation to gain an advantage

[@ch.k.3377]

Shows how unpretentious Merz is... the man is self-assured and confident

[@charliehotel9223]

@@ch.k.3377 His confidence especially shows in his self-ironic regular attendancies in political satire interviews.

[@timr.8812]

Why didn't you mention that basically all Institutes for economics (or whatever their english name would be) said that the CDU budget would bring germany a 90 billion euro deficit?

[@rikstan15]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="159">2:39</a> Why are you presenting this in reversed chronology, now second monitor people not really paying attention think the support for reforming the debt brake is going down. Kind of a stylistic mistake in my opinion. I was paying full attention and had to rewind to see the dates on screen to confirm it was reversed chronology.

[@pileofcheese5017]

In general the graph is confusing. The question is "should the debt brake remain unchanged?", with 55% support, but the voice over then says that those people support reforming the debt brake?

[@al3xa723]

Are you not paying attention? They said "previously " then showed the previous graphs.

[@al3xa723]

​@@pileofcheese5017No, the black is saying NO, YES to reform.

[@rikstan15]

Yes that is the problem, when you aren't fully paying attention it's unclear. That is the criticism I had lmao

[@pileofcheese5017]

@@al3xa723 I know, the voiceover made that clear. The text says 'should Germany's "debt brake" remain unchanged?', with a pie chart that says "in support %" with "55%" next to it. Please tell me you can see how "55% support the debt brake remaining unchanged" is the logical conclusion you'd draw *from the graphic*

[@mab9614]

At this point, it seems increasingly likely that the CDU may have to work with the SPD or even the Greens after the election. Such a manifesto will be “edited” with a red or green pen in the future.

[@Thomas83KO]

I hope! But still, this guy (Sch)Merz is a disgrace and an embarrassment for us as Germans. And this move made him even more unelectable, from my point of view.

[@diegoyuiop]

So they'll form another coalition government that, just the current one, can't do anything because the coalition partners keep disagreeing?

[@Thomas83KO]

@@diegoyuiop the reason for the early election is, that, due to all the efforts of the liberal Party (FDP), the three party coalition collided. Yes, we still have a government, but the loss of the FDP doesn't give the majority. And the CDU/CSU fraction together with this disgusting blue Party created a majority. It's so endlessly disgusting especially after the Holocaust memorial day, few days earlier. This move is so absurd and so cynical I just feel like 🤢🤮

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

​@@Thomas83KOHow does Merz dare to support policies supported by the countries majority. 😡😡😡😡

[@Thomas83KO]

@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 only because "the majority" is loud, doesn't mean that they really are... Look at all the people protesting country wide against this suggested bill. We are the majority.

[@edsiles4297]

"Ideologically motivated" clilate policy, that sounds familiar 🤔

[@diogorodrigues747]

Well, in this case it was indeed ideologically motivated. There was no logical reason to shut down nuclear powerplants, that was 100% ideological from the Green's side. 🤷‍♂

[@linux9095]

but it's actually true. Robert Habeck is a complete asshole

[@rushyscoper1651]

@@diogorodrigues747 does classify as climate ideology tho?

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@rushyscoper1651 Probably. It doesn't mean climate change is fake, it means that we should do a more rational energy transition.

[@rushyscoper1651]

@ ""Ideologically motivated" clilate policy" i assume its climate typo, what i mean anti-nuclear isn't a climate ideology. don't get me wrong i follow science and nuclear is one of the safest energy, the fear isn't justified it just how human brain work. also i think its to late, nuclear was a good option 2-6 years ago, germany shouldn't have removed it while transition but what done is done, other renewable energy are much cheaper nowadays not only that but nuclear is getting more expensive with time, honestly only china figured it out and manage to make it competitve.

[@jahknem]

Indeed, TL;DR. You cannot just coyp paste headlines as talking points without checking if they were true. The original heating law was passed by the large coalition, so the old government.

[@janheinbokel3969]

Who's Friedrich Merz? A Former Blackrock Manager which says more than enough

[@artificialintel838]

Yes, he knows how economics work. Exactly what Germany needs right now.

[@JarvisGaming]

@@artificialintel838 I think you meant: "Exactly what he needs to know to fill his own pockets." Merz only cares and will only care about himself. Pushing is proposals through by threatening and actually working with Nazis shows he cares more about himself than anyone else

[@valerian8329]

​@artificialintel838 How is that a good qualifying criteria

[@JacktheRah]

@@artificialintel838 Running a state is very different to running a business. Besides the CDU/CSU has already announced tax cuts for the ultra rich which costs us around 100 billion Euro. The conservatives and the market extremists are usually the ones who understand economics the least as shown countless times. They seriously want to stop investing money into the economy when the infrastructure is crumbling and the economy is down. You learn that in the first semester of macro economics: The state needs to work countercyclical.

[@teddyzaehmer]

​@@artificialintel838 he never won an election, his ideas are the same like the last finance minister (and we were warned back then that they were b****hit), he voted to keep r*pe in marragie legal and he always said that he doesnt wanna work with extremists and now he just did He is a 80s man and hasnt changed for the better, but he also has nothing to offer exept his personal revenge for kicking him out of politics 20 years ago Last, i honestly dont know where this tale of him beeing competent in economics comes from when all he did in his job was to be a phonebook for politicians

[@Phoebeshirley-to3pq]

I'm 51yrs old. $40,000 weekly and *I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways that I remember my past of how I struggled with many things in life to be where I am today!!!!* ❤️

[@Derekparker-hl8sz]

Hello how do you make such?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down myself because of low finance but I still believe in God

[@RodNiy-dr5no]

It's Maria Frances Hanlon doing, she's changed my life.

[@ChrisIsaac-w7l]

Same here waking up every 14th of each month to 210,000 dollars it's a blessing to l and my family... I can now retire knowing that I have a steady income❤️Big gratitude to Maria Frances Hanlon

[@WilliamsNoah]

I do know Ms. Maria Frances Hanlon, I also have even become successful....

[@ElijahTate-x4k]

Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Ms. Maria Frances Hanlon.

[@melthrandir]

⁠ 1) A heat pump is, even in the worst case possible, much more efficient than gas or oil heating. As such, 2) a heat pump pays for itself, but it comes with a steeper installation cost. 3) If existing and functioning heating is destroyed to be replaced, it is oftentimes more expensive than keeping it. The heat pump, even disregarding its environmental benefits, is worth it. This worth only gets amplified by its environmental benefits. Because of these Facts, the Ampel made several changes to the existing law: 1) From requiring the demolition of oil or gas heating if it is more than 20 years old, to allowing to work until it needs replacement 2) Instead of forcing the Owner to stem the up-front cost himself, the State pays up to 70% of the upfront cost, and guarantees better credit rates for the rest. 3) If the Owner of the house is more than 80 years old, the installation of a replacement oil or gas System is still allowed As such, as is agreed upon by economists, environmentalists and the heating sector itself, a removal of this law would cause more expensive heating and have this cost be only stemmed by the consumers themselves.

[@wolfgangrenner4152]

Merz disqualifies him self with the request of Fusionenergy. Perhaps he should better exploit the rotationenergy of Saturn moons. Being honest with nuclear energy would mean to repair the newest german nuclear powerstations (Emsland, Brokdorf, Neckarwestheim2 and ISAR2) and build perhaps some new EPR like in England. Thats all. The SMRs are not a huge energy source. They are around the 300 MW class like the decommist Obrigheim nuclear powerstation. And Merz should not oppose against renewable energies. But he should target more "Made in Germany" and leave the China dependent politics of the Ampel goverment. But all this fine structures are not visible for Merz. He was perhaps better as Blackrock manager. But he is blind for realistic national conservative politics needed to remedy from Ampel decline.

[@DommTom]

Tat's not going to happen and he sure will realize this on his own. Because money is always right.

[@goose9515]

They're probably going for the small reactors in their plan because of the huge anti nuclear lobby in Germany, they might be able to present smaller reactors as safer

[@jonatanjohansson2496]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="147">2:27</a>: The donut chart with the accompanying text says the opposite of what you are saying. In general, your graphs quite often contains various errors... <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="200">3:20</a>: If debt-brake reform needs a 2/3 majority vote, why would it matter if AfD + FDP together gets 25%? Math, dude!

[@todorstojanov3100]

Because in Germany, parties that fail to get 5% of the vote do not enter parliament. So the percentage of the vote is lower than the percentage of parliament sits you get

[@jonatanjohansson2496]

@@todorstojanov3100 ​So? That's a total red herring. Sure, if 50% of the popular vote went to those parties not reaching the 5% limit while FDP managed to reach said limit, AfD + FDP would presumably get to ~1/3 of parliament seats even if they only got ~17% of the popular vote together. Note that 17 is not 25. My point was that the newsreader's statement (implying that 25% is the complement to "2/3 majority") does not make sense given the context presented/assumptions given. Their graph doesn't even acknowledge that parties polling below the 5% threshold exist (it's hard to see in the graph though if FDP is slightly above or below the 5% threshold because their graph people have still not figured out how to do gridlines to make graphs readable...). Rather than dreaming up far-fetched explanations for the number 25%, I still think that the person who wrote the manuscript simply had a brain fart :)

[@todorstojanov3100]

@@jonatanjohansson2496 Dude, you asked a question and I gave you an answer. Under the assumption that die Linke does not make it into parliament, AfD and FDP will be able to pose a significant obstacle. Die Linke would get around 4% of the vote and other small parties regularly poll between 5 and 10%. Taking the value of 10%, that means that 14% of the vote does not translate into parliament seats. So, the actual percentage that the AfD+FDP would get is 0.25*(1-0.14)=0.29=29%. That's not far from 33% and you always must take into account members who do not vote along party lines or who abstain. So yes: getting 25% of the vote means that you are a significant obstacle to any vote that requires 2/3 of the votes to pass

[@jonatanjohansson2496]

​@@todorstojanov3100 My point was that the news *as presented* does not make sense. You are missing the point :) If you want to do the math, 25% being equivalent to 1/3 of parliament seats implies 75% of the votes count, meaning that 25% of the popular vote does not count/goes to sub-5% parties (prob. unlikely). But that's besides the point.

[@todorstojanov3100]

@@jonatanjohansson2496 I genuinely don't understand what you're saying, but it sounds to me like we're not disagreeing on the facts themselves and that is good enough for me

[@laurynas3628]

do this for all the parties, and please compare how it would affect different income groups; also would be nice if you covered the ongoing scandals in the bundestag regarding the asylum policy

[@deadchannelxd0420]

CDU not gonna do anything good for gremany lol

[@benzo___]

yup, sadly

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

And even worse - they are blocking the space for a party advocating for reasonable conservative policies in Germany, making the SPD slide way too far to the right.

[@Dsingis]

All you need to know about the state of german politics is, that when the CDU proposes a solution to an issue (illegal immiration), the public discourse is focussed on how it's a problem that the AfD is voting for it, rather than focussing on the proposal itself. None of the parties or the media have learned anything from the last 10 years, and it shows.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

yeah its kinda fked... I mean I despise Merz and my opinion to the AfD is not something I can express without extensive swearing but the other parties are really still stuck years behind the curve... it's sad but well. I bet Merz will be the new chancellor and I'll hate it but damn at least its still a democracy and I can hate it. that's all I yearn for.

[@beamsdf-r4j]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 what about afd do you not like?

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@beamsdf-r4j bunch of hypocritical xenophobic putin loving enemies of democracy. I mean we saw what they did when they got voted into on state level. Just disrupting to create more chaos in which they then thrive. but yeah I know a bunch of people simply don't like them because they're right wing or even better because they are a "Ostpartei" lmao

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

Because it is no solution but populist BS. And rather than finding a democratic majority, the CDU is willing to get into bed with nazis. That is all one has to know about Merz. A vote for the CDU is a vote enabling the AfD.

[@Miguel-th3wx]

This speaks volumes about your media intake. There are numerous media outlets that talked about why Merzs proposals dont work.

[@zieverinkpatrick]

Great video. This is what more people should read about their own national parties. It really shows the focus and opinion about the different parties. I hate that people don't mind to fill in 10 different questionaires or watch 1.5 hour of debate, but don't spend their time to read what they actually want to do if they get into power. Thanks a lot!

[@Blex_040]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="320">5:20</a> That one has to be in there just to please Markus Söder the leader of Bavaria's CSU and his absurd Bavaria One project 🙄

[@es.ei.el.]

Hey TLDR.. can we get a video about each of the 6 other parties’ manifestos? Thanks

[@heressomestuffifound]

I’m not a fan of AfD primarily for their takes on Russia/Ukraine and environmental stances, but one thing I just don’t understand is why Germans of many of the other parties are so keen on migration. What is the thinking behind the idea that people from the Middle East have a right to come and live in Germany? I’m genuinely curious.

[@Handygamer]

I guess it comes down to the fact that the whole "watching other people suffer from war and persecution by authoritarian regimes" thing isn't that popular in Germany for _some reason_ (Also, it's not like *all* people from the Middle East will be granted asylum in Germany, nor should they.)

[@philipkoene5345]

Point 1: The very first article in our constitution states that human dignity is inviolable and all state authority must respect and protect it. That includes granting refuge to people fleeing death and terror - one would think, that a "christian" party would remember that. Point 2: our society is rapidly aging, because our fertility rate is at below 1.5 children per woman. So we need migrants to keep the country and society going. Two very, very simple reasons.

[@captainvanisher988]

@@Handygamer "muh suffering". African has 10 million children dying from starvation yearly. How about Germany imports all of them? And once we're in the statistics, if that were to happen in 5 years the German natives would be a minority in German lands. Well that will happen regardless if mass deportations don't ensue, but we should hasten it since there is so much "muh suffering" around the world don't you think?

[@d___o-dl6do]

Because of ww2, the leftists tend to view migration as a human right and believe that people that are against it are n4z1s

[@beamsdf-r4j]

@@Handygamer This doesn't answer the question, and is also not what motivates them to accept these refugees. 60+% don't want them, and the 40% that do are not thinking about hitlur directly. Well, except for some gamers and CDU politicians who have no intent to be with us for long

[@michaeldwyer9656]

I commend TLDR News EU for this exceptional use of ten minutes. I've come to rely on the team for consistently good results.

[@tepesobrejac4360]

Are you going to make a video on Romania's political crisis anytime soon?

[@jonasastrom7422]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="155">2:35</a> this graphic is extremely confusing. If 55 percent of people are "in support" when asked "should Germany's debt break remain unchanged?" Then that would mean the majority are against debt brake reform, unlike what you said. But this is probably just a mistake by the editors

[@Desalnietteminimaal]

Generally good policies. But how to pay for them?

[@d___o-dl6do]

print more money 🤑🤑🤑

[@LarthV]

@ d___o-dl6do But here is the thing: they can’t. They cannot take on more debt due to debt brake, and they have not that much leeway on the central bank… They can only cut spending elsewhere…

[@baldr12]

Maximum weekly days of work means your employer is legally allowed to ask you to work 20-30 hours in a row and if you refuse they can fire you?

[@DiogoMartins13]

No. It means that if you want you can work more hours per day, and have like one day off. It is more flexible.

[@user-wn9lw3tl6t]

the graphs don't make sense....... your showing support declining while saying it is increasing.

[@exo_2171]

It is in reversed chronological order

[@nysergu6210]

This actually sounds good. One thing missing is more support for mid and small companies. Tax breaks for corporations don't help at all with increasing innovation and being more competitive. It's the same focus on the slow, risk adverse industry that proved a catastrophe in the current day context.

[@narvuntien]

What is the benefit of removing the need for preventing human rights abuses in thier supply chain? Heat pump stuff is annoying, heat pumps are better but people need to know how to actually install them properly to get the benefit and its not always a stright forward swap from gas to heat pumps. Well its not as bad as some conservative oppositions, but nuclear isn't happening, small modual reactors produce very little power for how much they cost. Also Trans rights are human rights and no one benefits from removing peoples human rights.

[@SLDimarco]

The problem is their are conservative and do not care about people or their rights. They are not egalitarian.

[@herrhornbuckele5227]

Summed up in short: "Old man angry"

[@reaperz5677]

This manifesto isn't terrible, despite what people say. The only 2 underlying issues I see is 1. How this is going to be financed 2. If this is even going to be achieved in the form it's currently presented (as in, will the coalition partner of the CDU change it in some way?) 3. The digitization effort doesn't work/doesn't have as much of an impact as it should have. If it fails, it's likely Germany becomes the European version of Japan.

[@mattygp7]

Be great to see a video about Sahra Wagenknecht & the BSW too if we’re talking about German politics! It’s not something that gets a great deal of coverage in the UK and think it would be a really interesting new element of German politics to explore in a video

[@kylejacobson9587]

Please stop the "music", it is really annoying

[@grafity1749]

CDU destroyed Germany after 16 year of ruling

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Lets not have a Merkel repeat please

[@NorroTaku]

the energy bill didn't make people buy new appliances its just that when the old shitty one breaks you have to install on that is less shit this was measured in efficiency

[@MMerlyn91]

The guts on Merkel to criticize Merz after he's trying to fix her immigration blunder.

[@MarkWhiley]

"Harsh action on any form of extremism" Unless it's in their interest to collaborate with them.

[@plasmacannon1198]

It’s like 80% reasonable, apart from debt sharing and cutting the environmental legislation of the current government

[@SLDimarco]

You think removing review of human rights violations from the supply chain is reasonable?

[@Notsogoodguitarguy]

The 80% "reasonable" is not reasonable. They want to cut taxes for "lower and middle class" by shifting the tax bracket a bit to the upper levels. This will do 2 things for lower and middle class people - jack and shit. Lower class people already pay little to no tax. If you earn 40k a year, their plan will literally cut your tax by....1000 bucks at most. This is less than 100 euros per month. It's laughable. Cutting corporate tax rate will do literally nothing to bring back corporations. Corporations aren't leaving because of high taxes. Corporations are leaving because of government mismanagement of energy policy and the infrastructure, which has always been THE WORST under CDU/CSU. Plus, refusing to reform the debt break means that all these tax cuts paired with no reform of the debt break means that even more infrastructure will go by the wayside. The CDU/CSU's policy makes sense for one group of people - the top 10% of the country. Nobody else will profit in any significant way.

[@DarkR3ignlol]

Only that they can not pay for it. It would take 10% growth over their term to actually finance their plans. Also "Less taxes for low and middle income" is bullshit. many institutions have already calculated who would profit the most from the lower taxes, and the the CDU plans its mostly the upper 50%. FDP is even worse, and AFD is absolutely catastrophically. SPD is a little better, the greens are pretty good for the middleclass and the Left is very good for low income households. So yeah, sounds reasonable but its actually just talk.

[@benzo___]

its 99% useless bullshit that doesn't tackle any of the actual problems and instead uses the current political climate as a way to gut the social welfare state for the benefit of their party donors in finance, energy and infrastructure they'll speedrun Germany into the same situation the UK found itself in after Thatcher

[@Jbum26]

@@SLDimarco It's not really reasonable to expect that to work in the first place. It is not possible if you participate in the global economy and have trade partners in China, some nations in Southeast Asia, and some nations in Africa where slave labor is rampant and even protected by the government. These companies may naively think they are avoiding human rights abuses in their supply chains, but they are not. Pretty much any study done on the topic has revealed that no matter how much legislation like this is passed, goods and materials procured from forced labor (slavery) and other human rights abuses end up in your local markets because those countries protect and promote these practices to gain competitive advantages. I wish it were simple enough, but it's not unless the UN and the world forcibly remove these practices (extremely unlikely) or refuse to trade with these nations. Of course, I wish that we could eliminate human rights abuses in supply chains, but outside of an extreme amount of regime changes, embargos, and occupations, that is not a practical option.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

And for further often ignored context: The law was written in the previous government. Yeah, the CDU government. So much for their integrity and taking responsibility.

[@omega6749]

Not a terrible manifesto. But we have to see how they apply it though.

[@FridolinH]

its not financed though, they do not know how to pay for their programs. Multiple institutes have calculated that Germany would need 5 to 6% growth to make up for the tax. That's just not gonna happen. And then their tax policy aims at decreasing taxes for the top 10%. Its extremely saddening to see how many people fail to see the incompetence of the CDU. They and their voters spent 4 years in the opposition not learning from a single mistake.

[@ecnalms851]

@@FridolinH Nonetheless, still seems like they're the best out of all the other parties.

[@reaperz5677]

@@FridolinH I mean it's the old song and dance that happens with every democratic government in the world. A strongly conservative government swaps places with a less-conservative/liberal government, with occasional third parties popping up from time to time. It's not really "sad" that people fail to see the incompetence of either party, it's just... disappointing, more than anything. Because all this incompetence is going to eventually exhaust any country to a point where voting for grifters and heartless liars like the AfD seems like a good idea, just because they're not part of the "mAiNsTReAm". But still, that's just how the cookie crumbles. Guess there's nothing to complain about if this is just always an active cycle. I just hope that whenever the AfD get into power, they don't get enough time to permanently fuck up Germany like Fidesz did in Hungary.

[@anubis7330]

Brilliant timing for that upload lmao

[@GOODYGOODGOOD789]

The world has hammered home that Olaf can't solve all of his problems with warm hugs no matter how much he loves them.

[@Bravo-oo9vd]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="100">1:40</a> "reverse compliance" and "reverse overcompliance" are very different things

[@leventekocsis9103]

As an Eastern European, the CDU/CSU seems like the least insane party that could have won, not to mention their view on nuclear energy which i do support.

[@JacktheRah]

Nuclear energy is by far the most expensive kind of energy in Germany and there is literally none of the energy providers want to run nuclear power plants. They want to go with renewable energies (making up 65 % of Germany's energy) as well as gas. Sadly the CDU/CSU is one of the most insane parties. They don't understand economics (their tax plans will cost Germany 100 billion Euro), they don't understand investments and their solution to rising nazism in the country is by copying the nazis and working with the nazis. They've not learned from 33. They left Germany in ruins in 33, they left Germany with broken infrastructure in 2019 and they'll ruin the country once again.

[@spacecube8561]

@@JacktheRah the least expensive* we see that in germany's and frances' electricity bills it's also cleanest - that's why France emmits, what, 8-9 times less CO2 / KWh than Germany.......

[@DommTom]

Heh. Nuclear Energy wont make a return. To expensive and to slow. And they sure will realize this on their own. Because there's no stronger argument than plain money.

[@spacecube8561]

@@DommTom germany will not be 0-emmisiona country :( Too expensive renewable crap, too bureoucratic, too co2- intensive :(

[@Tsundereviol3nce1440]

@@DommTom it's neither expensive nor is it slow. it is the most efficient method of energy generation we have.

[@rickjohnson2165]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="298">4:58</a> This sounds like a very sensible energy policy except for the renewables stuff.

[@Ruddpocalypse]

I really don’t see how repealing the self determination act benefits literally anyone. It doesn’t benefit those who will lose their ability to be who they really are, and it doesn’t benefit RWNJs who weren’t even impacted by anything of that law.

[@kaworunagisa4009]

It's appeasing the bigots, that's what it's doing

[@ch.k.3377]

These are fake points that can be used as bargaining chips in coalition negotiations with the centre-left parties. It is possible that the age will simply be raised from 14 to 16 or 18 and sold as a success.

[@benedekgabor.]

It’s the same importation of the bullshit culture wars like in the U.S. What really matters is that economically they’re neoliberal, so rich people and corporations can hoard even more wealth, while the little guy/gal will get even less.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

It doesn't, but it makes them look good in the eyes of people who hate trans folk so its an easy vote winner for those drunk on the culture war.

[@feranicignis1112]

This looks to require a LOT of extra funding. Plans to make savings to pay for it never generally work out (irrespective of government or country). Extra spending needs to be paid for by tangible reduction in spending by at least 2x the reduction amount compared to the increase (as all the reductions never happen for a number of reasons). This is not even taking into account the Brake. Essentially what is promised here is not viable without a massive increase in debt (at least in the short term).

[@charliehederberg]

I know it’s not really relevant to large parts of the electorate, but I’d really like traditional centre-right parties like CDU/CSU in Europe to start distancing themselves from culture-war issues and instead trying to find common ground in subjects like economic growth, employment, national security and welfare with parties from all places. There’s tons of legislation where BSW, SPD, FDP, Greens, AfD and CDU may find a compromise that can ensure predictability for markets, workers and public services. However - it seems parties on all parts of the political spectrum are more interested in being part of a government than actually governing responsibly. I feel like the traditional centre of politics used to have this as a the goal of government but that it has become harder to achieve due to pressure from a heightened level of conflict in issues where progressive and conservative movements might not actually be so far apart. I hope we move away from that in the future and start putting visions and ambitions for society as a whole first. Just because a country has a right- or left-wing PM or government doesn’t mean the policies and legislation is automatically out of the oppositions control. There can always be bipartisan negotiations and talks to reach long-term commitments. And with bipartisan, I do believe populist parties like AfD, Die Linke and BSW (although I really dislike them) need to be included. That’s all their voters want. Everyone knows no party can get absolute power over politics, but everyone should get their voices heard in parliament and government. Love and good luck from Sweden to Germany! Personally I am very excited for another CDU/CSU lead government. I just hope it doesn’t follow the trend of locking themselves to other right-wing parties only.

[@beamsdf-r4j]

who lives and gains residence in your country is a purely culture war issue.

[@captainvanisher988]

Summary of your comment: "Please all the center-right parties become fence sitters as much as possible for muh economy". When your country is overrun by migrants and non-natives, "muh economy" should be the least of your concerns.

[@benedekgabor.]

@@beamsdf-r4jI don’t want to be that guy, but it’s not just that. Immigration in the current sense is driving the wages down in long term, because companies wouldn’t feel the need to give a pay raise if there’s enough workers for them.

[@gohanssj48]

Well, Merkel tried to do this, and ended with all the mess you are seeing now, and the other party couldn't fix for the German people satisfaction.

[@Tsundereviol3nce1440]

when somebody drives an SUV into a crowd of people thats part of the culture war

[@zUJ7EjVD]

A lot of this makes common sense. Bringing back nuclear, basing the work week on weekly hours, a mandatory gap year, preventing foreign government influence in mosques. Some of it is problematic. Support for Israel, conscription, persecution of transgender people. I'm especially a fan of the mandatory gap year. Having enrolled in university straight out of high-school without any idea what the real-world workplace is like, that made it near impossible for me to finish a degree. Tertiary education should require prior work experience (but of course work experience requires tertiary education, the world is SO broken, we need DEI for young people). I've said in the past, I'm far-left except when it comes to Germany. If I were in Germany I'd support the CDU/CSU. Because the left-wing there just sucks.

[@LarthV]

But that mandatory gap is just for conscription, or other unpaid services. I would much rather have that be mandatory for pensioners tbf.

[@Thomas83KO]

Thanks for covering this story. Me as a German, I'm embarrassed by Mr. (Sch)Merz This is a wordplay: "Schmerz" means pain in German and that, absent from being disgusted, is what I feel when I hear/ see this guy.

[@AC_Blanco]

You are not German

[@everybody8470]

@@AC_Blanco 😂😂 Wow how did you get to know that? Are you a magic person? Can you Sense that? I‘m a little relieved now. Sometimes you May think, that so stup*d people only exists in my country. Happy To see, its all around the world. 😊

[@Thomas83KO]

@AC_Blanco wie und alles in der Welt kommst Du denn zu dieser Annahme? Das "KO" gibt sogar einen Hinweis aus welcher Stadt ich komme... Aber wahrscheinlich unterhalte ich mich nur mit einem wahrhAfDigen(!) und ekelhAfDen(!) Bot!

[@Thomas83KO]

​​@@AC_Blanco and I just asking myself where my comment has gone? Anyway once again, how do know? Most likely you're just an ekelhAfDer Bœt sent by this more disgusting blue, Musk's fanboy and fangirl party.

[@AdrianCarlosEnriqueFloresEncis]

@everybody8470er ist sein Nachbar

[@logan-v6y]

"44% are in favor of reform" I guarantee you none of those people know what the fuck a debt brake is or how it actually works.

[@Interneko93]

The CDU/CSU has, for the first time in 80 years, enabled right-wing extremists to influence politics in Germany. I would say - and hope - that this move has cost the Union a significant part of its credibility. Friedrich Merz is paving the way for right-wing extremist ideas in Germany, and that is how he will be remembered. Doing this right after a memorial event for the victims of National Socialism makes it even worse.

[@ReginaldToynbee]

Bro what, look up the German party of 1947 who were in coalition with the CDU. AFD is a centrist joke they are not monarchists and their leader is a lesbian.

[@Burito-tj5ry]

lets keep calling everyone far right while they continue to gain support. Great plan!

[@JarvisGaming]

Perfectly said

[@Interneko93]

@@Burito-tj5ry The AfD is widely classified as firmly right-wing extremist by the German domestic intelligence agency. That’s an objective assessment, not just an opinion. And whether a party gains support or not has nothing to do with the nature of its ideology. Right-wing extremism remains right-wing extremism-no matter how many people support it.

[@karankapoor2701]

​@@Interneko93it's ixlamist extremist that harming germany more

[@hwll-v3k]

conscription is a very bad thing it take away at least a year of time in youth .

[@marcpourecio]

Quick reminder: most of problems Germany has today are because of Merkel and Von der Leyen, both from the same CDU as Merz. This guy approved most of these bad decisions with a smile back then.

[@Al-Brown_BluesChannel]

Merz wasn't in parliament ... He left the Bundestag in 2009 and was voted in again in 2021. Furthermore, he has never been a friend of Merkels policies.

[@trojmiasto25]

true. but people tend to look away and follow shiny words.

[@lva1595]

Merz has always been an opponent of Merkel since she became party leader and not him.

[@everybody8470]

Yes absolutely Right. The Problems Are related to the 16-years of CDU, which is a Right konservative Party. You probably could See the republicans (before Trump) in the Middle of CDU and the far more Right AfD. Now with Trump, I See the republicans as the Same as AfD. Its a Party that is votable on a democratic way, with the goal to demolish or even destroy democracy. But Yeah, our citizens Are stupid enough to buy Springer press (Bild/Welt) and to believe what they Are writing. In fact their News are Most Times just lies. You could also Read Brothers Grimm or some fairytale, That has the Same value. So .. the people will vote for CDU again. In worst Case, they will Rule together with AfD. Then we Are finally Done. We will exit EU, exit Nato, exit Euro and go back to „Deutsche Mark“. That will defintely Break our neck.

[@SDDT1]

Tbf the crooked Von de leyen is a carryover from Merkels days and merz and merkel were famously opposed to each other in the party

[@alexksader_zp8554]

Thanks for fixiing hte intro!

[@Lopson13]

A program full of capitulations to the far right, great. 🙄🙄🙄

[@genxploits]

The AfD is far left

[@Feloogle]

@@genxploits Do you also think that Hitler was a communist?

[@genxploits]

@ yes Hitler was a communist when he was younger, which explains why he later become a national socialist, but no he wasn’t a communist later on, because he believed it was Jewish

[@peterfireflylund]

@Feloogleno, but he was very clearly on the far left.

[@genxploits]

@Feloogle yes

[@chilloutcentral2097]

It’s wonderful when politicians talk and promise

[@Khantia]

Well... they aren't the WORST prospect. I do agree with some of their policies, but I also disagree with others. They are definitely a better alternative than the AfD.

[@JarvisGaming]

While that is true, having allowed the AfD to have an active hand in politics throws the CDU/CSU in a bad light. Like very bad. For the first time since Hitlers time we have fascistic Nazis who are allowed to decide whats going to happen in Germany.

[@nicholasp6455]

CDU/CSU = AfAfD (Alternative für Alternative für Deutschland)

[@tailofahippopotamus9775]

That's a really low bar

[@philipkoene5345]

Check out some newspapers on what happened yesterday in Germany and then rethink that statement

[@Khantia]

@@philipkoene5345 why don't you just tell me what happened? My local newspapers wouldn't mention anything happening in other countries, unless it's something with global consequences.

[@donatist59]

I'm a US Democrat but I'd vote CDU.

[@geotropa1043]

Here in Germany , the US-Democrats and the CDU are commonly seen to be fairly on the same position of the political spectrum. Which obviously goes to show two things: a) there is no left-wing party of substancial impact left in the US at all. b) US-republicans under Trump must be considered something between far- and extreme right-wing.

[@donatist59]

@geotropa1043 The center of political gravity in the USA is far to the right of Europe.

[@geotropa1043]

@@donatist59 true. It's all a matter of the perspective!

[@sodog44]

No extremism, meaning "no disagreeing with what the ruling elites say, you dirty peasants!"

[@peterfireflylund]

If they took “no extremism” seriously, they would kick out millions of Muslims and lock up millions of Communists. Somehow, I don’t think that’s what they intend to do….

[@DommTom]

"Oh, I disagree with this whole "we should debate about this and this" thing. I'd much rather like it if I were to be in charge and you all just shut up"

[@leakyabstraction]

Seems reasonable. I especially like the emphasis on rejecting extremism; we need more social unity, not a more fractured society, and both woke people and the "far right" have to learn to make compromises for the greater good. Germany may react slowly, and there are obvious headwinds, but let's not forget that this country is being criticized to death both internally and externally. It's easy not to see the strengths and opportunities in an atmosphere like that. Especially compared to the US, which is overall massively overhyped. I'd actually want to see a push towards pulling investments from the US (before those bubbles burst), and channeling them into the European economy.

[@beamsdf-r4j]

the compromise in migration is from becoming 40% with a migration background as opposed to 50%. What a reasonable thing for the far right to agree to.

[@karankapoor2701]

It'll be coalition government so no matter what they say in manifesto.... it'll be all watered down because they'll be working with spd or greens

[@Midg-td3ty]

Dont be so sure. Its possible that the CDU will form a minority government with the AFD tolerating it. Pretty sure the CDU realizes if they do not deliver the AFD will be the strongest party in 4 years. Also the CDU ruled out greens there wont be a Koalition with the greens for sure.

[@diegoyuiop]

​@@Midg-td3tyAfD and CDU/CSU have very different foreign policy though... How would they manage that?

[@SDDT1]

@@Midg-td3ty probably a more a coalition with greens that relies on afd for migration policy only when greens abstain

[@gohanssj48]

@@diegoyuiop ​ ​ AfD is far more flexible because they have far more to lose not cooperating when the opportunity appear, people would expect them to deliver results, and they never knew if they would have another. Also, if they cooperate on common interest basis, not forming a coalition, they don't need to get on board with everything CDU do.

[@whitezombie10]

It all sounds nice, there’s just one issue: where’s the money for all this spending??

[@EA-js1me]

History has shown us multiple times that capitalists, liberals, liberal-conservatives and libertarians will always turn to fascism when they only have the option between that and socialism. And Merz is already starting to collaborate on many issues with the AfD. I swear, people just never learn...

[@ShadowNinja69]

Is the "fascism" in the room with you right now?

[@benedekgabor.]

The 20th century echoes back to us nowadays. Growing wealth inequality, societal issues getting out of hand, people gravitating towards more and more to a strong leadership. I dread what the next 10-20 years will bring.

[@ShadowNinja69]

@@benedekgabor. Why is the inequality growing, enlighten me? It just looks like the left has done very badly and people are finally moving away from them.

[@ShadowNinja69]

@@benedekgabor. It's just people being annoyed with the left that has done all of this.

[@jacobmalecki]

​@@benedekgabor.People are annoyed at the left who caoused all of this. Thats it. Stop the fearmongering.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

I am optimistic about this. I like around 90-95% of their policies, which is a rarity in today's politics.

[@killexpert5095]

I agree. Though according to Reddit, Merz would be a Hitler 2.0 kinda thing😂

[@kompatybilijny9348]

@@killexpert5095 Meh, they are extremely far from AfD. That they have a few simmilar points? Irrelevant for me.

[@schmarron9914]

The picture they always use for Alice Weidel looks so weird 😭

[@MiSt3300]

TAX CUTS?!? This is the stupidest point you could have on that list. Rich people should be taxed more if anything, the gap between billionaires and regular people is increasing all the time (((WARNING, LOTS OF BILLIONAIRE APOLOGISTS IN THE RESPONSES BELOW)))

[@TheHeretiCan]

that only worked all arround the world exactly 0 times so far. they just leave. better way to go is to lower taxes and small government so poor pay less taxes too, while rich stay and stimulate. This worked every time everywhere without exception too. this is what people are waking up all arround the world.

[@ms6149]

You are insane 😮

[@TheHeretiCan]

@@ms6149 instead of this response maybe find examples and prove me wrong?

[@deepaksayee3414]

Actually tax cuts are not that bad. We need less taxes

[@Estonado]

Steuersenkungen sind besser für die Steigerung des BIP. Bedeutet das einen besseren Lebensstil für 90 % der Bevölkerung? Nein, nicht wirklich, aber das BIP ist viel wichtiger und das ist ein Opfer, das die Bevölkerung bringen sollte.

[@B_men_apo]

I swear how hard is it for governments to just do what the people want it shouldn’t be this hard

[@blank2588]

Fun fact: The nazis never won a majority in the parliament. It was from the support of the smaller centrist and center right parties that the enabling act was passed.

[@SDDT1]

Half true because that was not even a majority until they only gained a majority for the enabling act when they banned the communists from the Reichstag , so what does that say about governments banning parties they don’t like

[@ms6149]

They were left-wing. It's common on that side.

[@SDDT1]

They won a majority for the majority act because they BANNED the communist party from the Reichstag before the vote , what does that says about the consequences of the German government banning parties they don’t like

[@NicolasHaufe]

​​@@ms6149yep crazy how they never ask why He "didnt Like" (to Put it mildly) the jews

[@mrcryptoman13]

Yes but they won as the largest single party in 1932 and any other coalition was literally impossible with the communists, plus it should be noted Hindenburg was firm about refusing to give the SPD a role in government at the time- your typical self inflated ego politician

[@qwe14205]

Why are everyone so sceptical of CDU? from their manifesto sounds great.

[@grafity1749]

Because they rulsd 16 years. 16 years everything got worse. It wasnt Scholz who is to blame for the crumbelkng infrastructure but them

[@diegoyuiop]

Doesn't matter that much since they'll need either SPD or Greens or both to form a government, hence we can expect another coalition unable to do anything due to internal disagreements

[@arielbatista7ify]

AfD

[@luzie3317]

Interesting conclusion, considering most of Merkel's governments were CDU-SPD

[@juraj696]

Promising everything, not budgeting for anything and claiming anything populist, so like any other political party

[@purpledevilr7463]

Now you’ve got to cover the rest to be unbiased.

[@jorenbaplu5100]

It is unbiased to just cover the manifestio of the party that is leading in the polls.

[@purpledevilr7463]

@@jorenbaplu5100 do you want less TLDR content or more?

[@bananenmusli2769]

This video is probably less intended to inform German voters, but more to inform international viewers what they can expect from the next German governnent

[@iDuelZzz]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="83">1:23</a> That sounds more like the capital gains Tax, but i have no idea where the 29,9% comes from as the solidarity surcharge is 1,375% (5,5% of 25%) even with churchtax we would only reach ~28%

[@ewoudvanaalst4089]

Were I to be German, I think I would vote for them

[@MoLauer]

Good that you are not German then

[@eminhasanovic7070]

​@MoLauer Who are we suppose to vote for? What party does anything good in Germany?

[@MoLauer]

@eminhasanovic7070 the Greens are trying, but are too nice for their own sake. And kinda bad at communicating their ideas to the less educated parts of society. The SPD is a boring but at least stable option. And they have the potential to strengthen their social profile. But with making Scholz their Chancellor candidate, they basically gave up on that. Die Linke would be great, if there wasn't this prorussian undercurrent. Every other party is not really an option. As I live in SH and I am a part of the Frisian ethnic minority, I will vote SSW, a sensible protest vote for a moderate center-left party, that will probably get a seat in the Bundestag

[@Grason20]

​@@MoLauerCDU/CSU is currently the favourite in this German election.

[@nnkk7742]

Everyone wants to dole out kickbacks and no one wants to create sustainable systems.

[@RobotWithHumanHair.]

“German Muslims” not real.

[@adamdaniel8909]

By that logic, German "christians" are also not real...

[@FischerNilsA]

Fun fact: completely counter to what is claimed here? The CDU´s tax proposition does lower taxes for the richest 5% the most, and lowers nearly nothing for the lowest 50%. GeldfürdieWelt has give a well-done explainer to actual economists analyzing all parties tax plans. Now - is TLDR simply swallowing the narrative the CDU claims and thus showing journalistic negligence? Or are they actually aware and misrepresenting it anyway?

[@georgescustefan8705]

Anyways, AfD's electoral program sounds more like CDU's from the 80s

[@chrisalex82]

Omg someone else realised that ol humanity the more time advances the more leftist and progress we become The far left party of yesterday is center-left party of today (french socialist party)

[@xX_MasterFinn_Xx]

European political parties trying not to introduce tax-cuts to try to win more support:

[@afz902k]

"no extremism" except when they ally with the AfD :)

[@SDDT1]

Well there was multiple parties and unaligned groups that voted for the measure so that’s a deliberate oversimplification to try and win political points , and a vote in parliament if different to a coalition. I mean a few CDU are trying to ban the party today

[@TheHeretiCan]

i checked those guys policies it doesnt seem extremist at all what do you think is the problem?

[@afz902k]

@ both the far right and the far left are extremists, it's what they do. Neither of them want political fairness. Some of their policies are alright, but the whole package is extreme. If you think that's normal, don't know what to tell ya.

[@chrisalex82]

Macron moment

[@Tjisinvaal]

@@afz902k They didn't allied, there was no talk at all. They just made a proposal in which the afd voted yes. Very different things

[@okne5359]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="147">2:27</a> ERROR: it should say debt brake be changed and not remain unchanged otherwise 55% are in favor of it remaining unchanged no?

[@ms6149]

Any difference from AfD? Sounds the same

[@Thomas83KO]

Sounds like the ekelhAfde Party ten years prior. I hope so much, that all the protests on the streets have an impact on both of the these parties and strengthen up our democracy. I personally feel super sad, that the CDU under Sch(Merz) has shifted so far to the right. Even though I was never ever a CDU'ler. But under Angele Merkel, they had deep rooted democratic values.

[@NDDB96]

AFD is anti green deal, anti EU, anti EURO, anti wind turbine, pro coal, pro Russia. Those are pretty substantial differences I think

[@Thomas83KO]

@@NDDB96 anti NATO, shares reservationists views on our dark history, blames the US/ NATO alliance for the war in Ukraine... In other words, they are worse than the CDU. But the CDU nowadays is almost like the AfD ten years prior.

[@thesoberdrunkman9845]

The AfD party has also hinted at remigration. Non ethnic germans being deported (regardless of citizenship status) is very different to sending dangerous people back or sending back the unintegrated.

[@ms6149]

@ CDU/CSU are more or less have the same views. Just maybe for a slightly milder measures. But overall values seems to be 100% matching.

[@thequeenofswords7230]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="170">2:50</a> uh.. maybe want to review how this part went, the graphics and what you're saying aren't parsing.

[@queen_elizabeth]

sounds like a decent manifesto

[@nettcologne9186]

No. The CDU/CSU promises election gifts amounting to 150 billion and has no idea how this will be financed.

[@gamerboyx8243]

​@@nettcologne9186 What do you want them to do them? Deport German citizens or immigrants with legal status simply for not being yt like the AfD wants to do? Get a brain🤡

[@themountain59]

...when you have half a brain then yes 🙄

[@JanSesko]

​@@gamerboyx8243that policy from afd sounds great!!

[@gamerboyx8243]

@JanSesko At least you are honest about being GENUINELY and OPENLY racist and xenophobic towards non-yt people. Well guess what, that will never happen as the majority of voters including the yt ones won't tolerate extremist ambitions like that