YIKES! German POLITICS take a TURN FOR THE WORSE!

[@JamesBray3]

A whole lot is happening worldwide BUT the real question is how do you guys feel about the results of the United States’ election results?

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

Well, we hate Trump, he's a gross clown, but the democrats are nuts in different ways (allowing men in women's spaces and advocating for surgeries on minors, changing Titel IX to include gender identity which means any man can identify as woman and come into our spaces legally). So especially for women voting in America was a double-edged sword.

[@kolossoshussle9584]

It's awesome! Many are manipulated in Europe. I'm so guppy!

[@kolossoshussle9584]

HAPPY!*

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

My answer is gone... 🤬 For most people Trump is still a clown, that hasn't changed since 2016, although he has fans as you can see in the comments.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

I suspect that Mr. Trump called Mr. Scholz and said to him: "Olaf, when I am sworn in, you will no longer be there. Or I will send someone to make sure that you are no longer there."

[@Swedishpolymath]

Germany is not about falling apart. They are electing a new government probably due to the geopolitical changes happening.

[@ジキシン]

Yes it does, not since now, since 2015. This goverment was acting against the people and not for the people. Well, not for the German people. Germany was falling apart before this goverment was formed, but they speed up the process like crazy. our interior minister tries to ban alternative media through the right of association, christian lindner was fired as finance minister because he wanted to keep the debt brake that is enshrined in the Basic Law. The other government parties wanted to raise enormous debts to give Ukraine money. Hardly any German wants that. We have extreme problems with illegal migration and the associated violence. on the other hand, nothing is done, instead it is ensured that even more people come. people who are obliged to leave the country do not have to leave the land and continue to receive money. some of these people live here with a number of identities to collect multiple times. The money is sent home, where some of these people go on vacation. They go on vacation in the countries from which they fled. our economics minister openly admits that he is testing the population to what extent people are willing to wear climate protection. he wanted to force people to install heat pumps. this government acted purely from ideoloz drive and not in the interests of the citizens. This led to the country being further divided. They try to spread their woke gender ideology and their no nations no borders ideas and deliberately run the country down to save the climate

[@ジキシン]

Yes it does, not since now, since 2015. This goverment was acting against the people and not for the people. Well, not for the German people. Germany was falling apart before this goverment was formed, but they speed up the process like crazy. our interior minister tries to ban alternative media through the right of association, christian lindner was fired as finance minister because he wanted to keep the debt brake that is enshrined in the Basic Law. The other government parties wanted to raise enormous debts to give Ukraine money. Hardly any German wants that. We have extreme problems with illegal migration and the associated violence. on the other hand, nothing is done, instead it is ensured that even more people come. people who are obliged to leave the country do not have to leave the land and continue to receive money. some of these people live here with a number of identities to collect multiple times. The money is sent home, where some of these people go on vacation. They go on vacation in the countries from which they fled. our economics minister openly admits that he is testing the population to what extent people are willing to wear climate protection. he wanted to force people to install heat pumps. this government acted purely from ideoloz drive and not in the interests of the citizens. This led to the country being further divided. They try to spread their woke gender ideology and their no nations no borders ideas and deliberately run the country down to save the climate

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

It's not that bad. This sort of thing happens more often in Europe. Just this summer, the government in France collapsed and there were new elections. Nobody in the USA even noticed. Belgium had no government for 1.5 years and had an economic boom during that time. Now Mr. Magoo is leaving and Mr. Palpatine is coming.

[@16-BitGuy]

Gut gesagt

[@RyandoesmusicYT]

Well Scholz IS right about the FDP blocking nearly every political decision since day 1 (exept weed bruh)

[@GeeShocker]

A minority government is still a ligitimate government. Actually it is a chance where all democratic parties could get some of their topics done which they could use to their advantage in the upcoming elections.

[@treizehk5547]

merz also know as mr burns.

[@svenkampen1647]

I heard he is the former lead singer of a german black rock band.

[@gallierkelte8414]

What is not so good is that the CDU or AfD could come and the budget for 2025 is not yet in place in Germany, which could cause financial problems in the administrations

[@josephina4678]

And then we'll get Merz next🤢🤮

[@mirachan4830]

Yeah but who else would be good for this job? Do we have a reasonable candidate for that role? And please don't say Alice Weidel or Beatrice von Storch or some of them. They are worse than Merz.

[@josephina4678]

@mirachan4830 oh hell no no nazis but Merz is just cheap populist it's just a mess right now

[@Elfo_]

I’m not worried about that. The downside is that the next chancellor will probably be Merz, who’s an awful human being. But the upside is that the FDP will likely not be in the new parliament anymore if they fall below 5% of the votes.

[@sailspo]

We can do something about it. We don't have to sit here and wait until the "inevitable" outcome eventually comes. We are not passive chess pieces. We can talk to people around us and change something, even if it's just in our direct environment. Change starts small before it becomes something bigger. Together we can do it.

[@francoforte4788]

Merz is no awful human being. Maybe not the politics you like, but not awful being. 😉 Merz is special, but also far more professional than Scholz. I don't know what to expect of him. Have no real opinion. But really tough decisions need to be done in near future. Especially with Mr. Orange. We need someone with balls for this. Scholz has none. Merz? We'll see. 🤷‍♂🙂

[@lubitz161]

​@@sailspo als ob die das nicht wüssten 😂 in Deutschland gibts einfach eine riesige Stammwählerschaft für die CDU, die wählen egal was passiert. Und wenn sich der Vorsitzende für legale Vergewaltigung in der Ehe ausspricht und auf gut bürgerlich mich dem PJ nach Sylt fliegt, mia san mia! diE GrÜn3n

[@gruffelo6945]

@@francoforte4788 He is a Blackrock pawn - he IS an awful human being.

[@beccaro5268]

​@@francoforte4788 I disagree

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

I dont really like Scholz but removing Lindner from office and therefore ending the coalition is a thing I can respect him for. The FDP (Lindners Party) is the junior partner of the SPD and yet they blocked and publically complained about legislation which has already been agreed on in the coalition papers non stop for the past years, which has amplified the distrust in our government. They are stuck in their ideology and resist building bridges while their popularity is plummeting and they drag their coalition partners down with them. Scholz has been way to passive these past few years and it has been long overdue that the SPD and Greens stop letting themselves get bullied around by a party that is unceirtain if they even make it into the next Bundestag. Even if it means ending the coalition and making way for snap elections.

[@Viiniivii]

😂 The FDP is not the junior party of the SPD. Hell no. 😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣 That was the problem. The CDU and the FDP were normally in coalition. Because they were conservative and liberals.

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

@Viiniivii you do know that they were the junior partner of the current coalition like the greens...

[@stromaufwaerts-b7w]

All the FDP wanted (and written in coalition contract) is a legal budget plan not breaking German or European law. SPD and Greens just want to print money they don't have because they don't understand capitalism and prefer socialist ideology. The budget problem won't disappear with another minister of finance. There were enough possibilities of a compromise, Lindner was open to debate but Scholz not so who is the ideologist then?

[@TheBonecrusherz]

Thats simply wrong. Lindner and the FDP did what their voters expected them to do. The FDP was always straightforward with their "ideology" as you call it. They want a strong economy, low taxes high autonomy for the citizens, and no more debt. They always said this. The SPD and the greens, on the other hand, want to waste the resources of their citizen to push moronic ideology driven projects that can't really be financed. So that's why the SPD and the greens wanted to go further in debt. They expected the FDP to break their promises and allow this to happen and lindner did the only right thing and declined. Olaf got butthurt and decided to fire him but this won't help nobody, they won't get enough votes to pass their stupid projects and they lose even more public support.

[@erriic_clips]

Yes, that about sums it up. To sad that this leads to more popularity for the right parties. I really hate to see how Merz copies the populist behavior of Trump. And that our only left parties started to do right politics to win their voters back is even worse.

[@onibformi3590]

No, not for the worst.

[@MrJueKa]

Government coalitions of parties are like relationships between two people, because when they fail it is never just the fault of one party or one person and it is not just the result of a single event; these are slow processes. But everyone always blames each other. Behaving in an adult manner even in the moment of failure is not always possible for everyone. Another similar thing is that either the people or the relatives start to talk about it and everyone thinks they know everything better, even if they were rarely present at the discussions and conflicts and therefore cannot know all the real background details. Most of the time, nobody cares about reasons or backgrounds because, for ideological or friendship reasons, people or friends always prefer to be only on one side.

[@Taully911]

Das ist Demokratie. In Deutschland wählst du eine Partei, dannach wenn keine Mehrheit besteht kommt es zu Koalitions Gespräche um eine Mehrheit im Bundestag zu bilden. Sollte die Koalition wie in diesem Fall zerbrechen kann der Kanzler die Vertrauensfrage stellen. Dannach stimmt der Bundestag ab und es kommt zu Neuwahlen oder nicht. Scholz ist der zweite Kanzler der SPD der nach Gerhard Schröder ebenfalls SPD der sich dem stellen muss.

[@Taully911]

@wupstaler9886 stimmt Danke für die Info.

[@LKLk-n2u]

The first dispute about compulsory vaccination January 2022: Not much time passes before the first major traffic light dispute. The federal government took over the business during the pandemic. As Chancellor-designate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is already in favor of introducing a general vaccination requirement, and the Greens agree. There is German opposition from the FDP.April 6, 2022: The Federal Cabinet approves the “Easter package” from Economics and Climate Protection Minister Habeck, which includes several changes to the law to accelerate the energy transition. However, the FDP government members only agree “with reservations”. The FDP parliamentary group wants to renegotiate the package again.Weapons deliveries to Ukraine: How heavy can they be? Spring 2022: The traffic light begins to argue about the extent of arms deliveries to Ukraine. The FDP and the Greens spoke out early on about supplying heavy weapons, but Scholz and the SPD put the brakes on it. January 2023: Germany is now delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine. The pressure on Chancellor Scholz to agree to the delivery of Leopard 2 main battle tanks is increasing. The FDP defense politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann calls Scholz’s communication a “catastrophe”. SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich takes on the resistance and accuses those in favor of tank deliveries of “outrage rituals” and “snappingSpring 2023: The dispute over the planned heating law is putting the traffic light coalition to a test. A preliminary draft of the law was pushed through in February, probably to sabotage Economics Minister Habeck's project. Not only the opposition, but also the liberals are shooting against the economics minister. Deputy FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki publicly compares Habeck with the Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and apologizes for it a day later. The gossip from Karlsruhe October 8, 2023: The FDP is thrown out of the Bavarian state parliament in the state elections; in Hesse it is barely holding on despite heavy losses. FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai announced that the coalition must “analyze what common understanding or whether we can develop a common understanding at all.” It sounds like a separation announcement. Since entering the traffic light, the Liberals have already suffered a number of electoral defeats: in 2022 they will be thrown out of the state parliament in Lower Saxony, and in Saarland they will again fail to gain entry. They are losing heavily in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.November 15, 2023: The Federal Constitutional Court rules that the traffic light's second supplementary budget for 2021 was unconstitutional. The traffic light coalition had moved 60 billion euros, which were originally planned to deal with the consequences of Corona but were not needed, into its “Climate and Transformation Fund” (KTF). According to the FDP, Lindner's trust in Scholz suffers a crack here. Scholz enforced the practice accepted by Karlsruhe against Lindner's concerns.Winter 2023: The traffic light coalition members have been discussing for weeks how they can get out of the budget crisis that they got into with the Constitutional Court ruling. There is a widespread suspicion in the SPD that Lindner actually wants to get out of the coalition. Shortly before Christmas, the traffic light agreed on a savings package. The proposed cuts in agricultural subsidies are triggering a massive wave of farmers' protests. December 11, 2023: At the request of almost 600 rank-and-file members, the FDP begins a member survey on whether the party will remain in the government coalition. The initiators want out, the FDP leadership is campaigning to stay. By the beginning of January, a narrow majority of 52.24 percent of the participating members voted to continue to govern. Red line debt brake January 6, 2024: At the FDP's Epiphany meeting, Lindner warns against badmouthing Germany. He clearly rejects calls from the SPD to suspend the debt brake through a new emergency resolution. The FDP sees the fact that the Social Democrats keep putting forward their proposal as a provocation.February 12, 2024: In the election for the Berlin House of Representatives, the FDP is thrown out of the capital's state parliament. FDP General Secretary Djir-Sarai announces that his party will insist even more strongly on its positions in the federal government. It is necessary “that the voice of the FDP must be even clearer than before”. Compromise, argument, compromise July 5, 2024: After months of argument, Scholz, Lindner and Habeck agree in principle on the 2025 federal budget and a growth package. August 2024: Barely a month after a compromise was found, the dispute starts again: a report commissioned by Lindner on the constitutionality of the draft budget is ready. There are problems, says Lindner and calls for renegotiations. Scholz intervenes from his vacation and objects. “It remains a mystery how the actually clear vote in the legal report could temporarily be fundamentally misunderstood,” he explains - the Chancellor’s first major public rebuke of the minister. After more days of negotiations, there is another compromise. September 2024: In the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg, the FDP does not even come close to the 5 percent hurdle. With well under 2 percent each, it is becoming a splinter party. The FDP is also below 5 percent in nationwide election surveys. In an interview, Lindner speaks of an “autumn of decisions” and leaves the question of where the traffic lights will remain open. His deputy Kubicki predicts that the traffic light coalition will no longer make it to ChristmasOctober 2024: The economic data is bad. The Chancellor is inviting people to an industrial summit on October 23rd. Not on the guest list: Scholz’s coalition partner. Christian Lindner organizes a counter-summit with other business associations that takes place almost simultaneously. Robert Habeck is making his mark in the dispute over traffic light economic policy by calling for an investment fund. Lindner's divorce petition November 1, 2024: An 18-page “economic paper” by Lindner becomes known. In it, the SPD leader calls for a fundamental shift in economic policy, with less climate protection, social cuts and a reckoning with the basic line of the SPD and the Greens. The coalition is talking about filing for divorce. A few days later, Economics Minister Habeck signaled his willingness to accommodate.November 3, 2024: Scholz and Lindner meet for a discussion in the Chancellery; beforehand, the Chancellor meets with the SPD leadership. In the following days there will be several crisis talks between Scholz, Lindner and Habeck. Topic: the budget and economic policy. November 4, 2024: The FDP is hosting another economic summit. The big bang at the end November 5, 2024: The private crisis talks in the Chancellery continue. Scholz explains that he believes an agreement is still possible. FDP man Kubicki tells broadcaster Welt: “If we find in this coalition that we can no longer find a common ground, a common line, then it is better not to govern than to govern poorly.November 6, 2024: In the morning, the cabinet passes numerous laws, including the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). Habeck, Lindner and Scholz then meet again. The coalition committee meets in the Chancellery at 6 p.m. Lindner demands that the coalition should decide together for new elections. The Chancellor is calling on Lindner to release more money in order to support Ukraine and the economy. He argues with the emergency caused by the war. Lindner refuses, he sees the debt brake in danger. Scholz pulls the ripcord: he throws Lindner out of the cabinet. At around 8:30 p.m. the traffic light coalition collapsed.

[@sihilius]

Appreciate the concern, but actually I think that the US is doing worse in terms of it's government right now. Let's just hope that the elections next year won't make it worse for us.

[@j.wagner1633]

@JamesBray3 Christian Lindner was the Finance Minister and also the leader of the FDP, since he was fired that also meant that the FDP is out of the coalition, since the SPD and the Greens needed the FDPs to have a Majority (even though the FDP just bombarded almost all decisions that the Goverment coalition as a whole agreed upon by backtracking on their support for certain measure) the other two Parties can only continue as a minority government by pulling votes from other parties PMs, until there's either the vote of confidence or the next regular federal election (which is highly unlikely that they survive as a somewhat stable minority government until then). On the other hand, any day without a Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU leader) is a good day since 16 years of conservative CDU government brought Germany the many problems with crumbling infrastructure, bad public transport, needing to speed up energy transition etc that we face now and that the SPD, Greens, FDP coalition needed to tackle. Yes they did some bad stuff but they have actually met most of their goals, not all, but definitely some of the bigger ones.

[@sailspo]

Couldn't have said it better

[@j.wagner1633]

@sailspo Thank you, sometimes it does help doing a degree in Political Science

[@LePinkFloid]

What I percieved: Lindner as head of finance is able to release the so called "debt brake" in time of crisis. Scholz said we are in a crisis, we need to invest money for the future governments not paying the price of underinvestmens while Lindner said he doesn't want future governments pay the higher interest of the higher debt.

[@autingo6583]

no they don't. don't believe the hype

[@solitariumserpens5277]

The green energy transition here in Germany should be seen as a drop in the ocean. On the other hand, it is the most expensive and maintenance-intensive energy infrastructure we have. Especially the wind turbines, which often have to be operated with diesel, so that they do not rust (see Baltic Sea wind farm). In the job market it depends more on who is the boss. Some can no longer afford to employ Germans because they are too expensive. Others only employ migrants and guest workers in order to receive funding. The problem with our politicians (regardless of whether they are left or right) is that they stay in office after Expensive mistakes (in the past, many have voluntarily resigned because of their mistakes) and let the citizens pay the bills with ever-increasing costs (see Habeck and Scholz). Even if you want to emigrate from Germany you have to pay an “Wegzugssteuer” which they raised at the beginning of the year because many people are leaving the country. This tax was last raised under an German Kaiser. Even on the Otaku site here in Germany there are signs of censorship and bans. Sometimes because it's too spicy, sometimes because it's not political enough, but most of all because spineless and overpaid consultants just don't like anime and manga. But these are just my views. And I served in the military for 12 years and got around a lot doing assembly work.

[@SlickRhymes]

Even if diesel is used for the operation, maintenance and repair of a wind farm, the statement that wind turbines often have to run on diesel is incorrect. I assume you are referring to the EWE offshore park, whose wind turbines had to run on diesel immediately after completion because the park could not be connected to the grid due to delays in laying the cable line caused by the discovery of bombs on the seabed. In addition, any energy infrastructure is maintenance- and cost-intensive, especially when it comes to new concepts. About 5 million non-German full-time workers are employed in Germany. These workers are mainly employed in the cleaning, food, and hospitality industries and have an average income that is about 22% lower than the average gross monthly salary in Germany. This is nothing new and, as far as I know, has not changed significantly in recent years. Politicians are not infallible. That's not a problem, that's just the way it is. Politicians are held accountable, especially for serious or "expensive" mistakes; within the party and/or committees, boards, courts, etc., at the latest at every new election. That's how it works in a democracy, and the citizens don't have to bear all the costs. The government has other sources of revenue besides taxes, and a national debt would also be hard to explain if taxpayers bore the full cost. The "Wegzugsteuer" (exit tax) is intended to prevent capital flight and to ensure that hidden reserves are taxed in Germany. This applies in particular to capital gains when a permanent move abroad is made and, for example, shares in a company based in Germany are subsequently sold. It is much more complex, but it is not the case that every emigrant has to pay tax on his departure. By the way, exit taxes are not unique to Germany. I can't say anything about your unnamed otaku site, but I'm relatively sure there's a less conspiratorial explanation than spineless and overpaid consultants don't like anime. Personally, I find it difficult to state alleged facts first and then write: But these are just my views.

[@solitariumserpens5277]

@@SlickRhymes Little one, if you ever work on the coast or at sea for a long time, you will get to know the "fact" of what sea air can do to equipment and constructs. When Wind Turbines are still for a certain period of time, they run on diesel to Prevend Rust and other damages. And this happens on a daily or weekly basis depending on the arrangement or conditions. Whether they are on grid or not. I also don't work in cleaning, food, and hospitality industries. But worked in a shipyard and on construction sites? It's nice that you can read numbers from an article. But in these areas I worked ,I can be happy if someone speaks German or at least English. Doesn't mean they're bad people. But I'm not going to learn 10 foreign languages ​​for better collaboration. I say seeing a foreman desperately looking for a translator for a language no one can identify during a firealarm is kind of funny. And do you think these guest workers care about the 22% less if they have savings on accommodation and supplies. But I admit that largely depends on the company and how they implement it. One resigns because of a written off work. Others throw millions of euros out the window, then put the state into more debt and continue to sit their time so that they can get a good pension. You can twist and turn it however you want, but this bloated and overpaid circus needs to be overhauled from the ground up. I don't care whether it's left or right, but anyone in Berlin who makes a mistake worth millions should at least show some backbone and take responsibility by resign or be responsible for the mistakes first. Especially when every normal thinking person can already see there it leads. And if you knew how democracy works, then you should at least frown when you look at the crap here in the country. As an example: If there is less than 50% voter turnout in a federal state, the parties fight over who has the power. If that is democracy then that also applies to a dictatorship. Or in which democracy does power come from the minority of the minority? The "Wegzugsteuer" also affects taxed savings and not just hidden reserves, stocks or companys. But yes, the topic is complex and reports range from "not worth mentioning" to "I've only been earning good abroad for 3 years and should pay back for 8 years based on 2023. WHY". But that could also be an official error by the Finanzamt. But until now my buddy has to pay the bill according to the current status. For the Unnamed Japanese Otaku site that was blocked in Germany. The strange thing was that the block came from the side itself but at the same time German customers were given every opportunity to circumvent this block. When inquiries were made to the site, it was only communicated to the extent that it had nothing to do with age ratings (since the site was willing to work on it), that it was not due to certain content (the site was willing to block this for German customers) and only pressure for This total ban is said to have come from an authority in Germany that they are not allowed or willing to name. Otherwise there would have been legal consequences for German customers of unknown reach (I don't know what was going on either, that's all I know and also received information from support). But since you can't find anything about an German authority here that worked or pushes on this things, I'm assuming it's a spineless individual who pressured it at his own discretion. And if you had been a customer on this otaku site for ten years for everything (OSTs, Anime, Manga, Games and yeah the Spicy stuff too). You would be pretty frustrated too. And if someone pulls something like that and isn't even human enough to be asked questions, it just creates anger. And if you don't like many of my life/work experiences and views, don't worry, I also wish it were different. But thats something i can only dream about for now. Ich kann nur mit dem Arbeiten und Leben was ich vor mir habe. Und nicht alles in meinen Leben läuft nach deinen Fakten.

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

Scholz indeed had NO leading style at all. He always just grinned every criticism away.

[@svenkampen1647]

Simply put our minister of finance spent the entire duration of the current coalition doing opposition politics undermining the current governement on almost every topic, but particularly over his insistence on not making any debt for spending, which was complete nonsense since he was perfectly fine to do debt as long as he was using cheap bookkeeping tricks to not call it debt, which was the same thing except illegal. Anyways with the economy weakening additionally, to the energy crisis, the refugee crisis etc everyone else in the german government, economy, advisory positions etc basically is convinced debt spending is absolutely necessary and perfectly normal for a strong economy state like germany and the exceptions can be made, but he contiued to refuse to do it, while essentially already campaigining for the next election in opposition to the current governments program, which he is a part of. In one case seemingly by using the money of his ministry to spread information in support of his parties positions.

[@pvtvalium9687]

ADHD Test for Adults 😂 i agree with it

[@martinbruhn5274]

The Ampel party wanted to make big investments, lower the debt level and not raise taxes and they just never managed to square that circle, mostly because the FDP was unable to compromise on the debt thing (Germany has a very low debt level as it is, this country can afford to make some more debt to get through a difficult economic cycle and invest o get the economy moving and solve some of the country's problems) and were notoriously unreliable and untrustworthy. Constantly changing their mind on agreements, that had been made, backstabbing, handing to the media information on government plans, that were still in the planning phase and therefore only half baked. That's why they hadn't been presented to the public yet, because the plans were in an early stage and not mature enough yet to withstand public scrutiny. Tha way, the FDP was constantly sabotaging anything, the government, they were a part of, did. Germany is going though an economic slog, but because our debt is so low, money to solve some of our problems is not a problem (so long, as you invest it of course and don't just use it for consumptive spending, but that's a difference, that the FDP never made).

[@andreadee1567]

Germany has issues, but this step is not a catastrophy but a logical consequense of the lack of leadership the years before. The last comments you read about Germans complaining all the time and feeling too comfortable are quite accurate. We are doing still quite well, but without innovation and perhaps radical changes Germany will lose power in the EU. We are still arguing, what and who must change therefore I can stay as comfortable as I am now. Unfortunately I can’t see a party that solves the problems. Some are still too complicated, some find answers much to easily. When you visit us the next time, it would not be a big difference for you... perhaps a little more complaining : )

[@Alex-mj5db]

wait for the next year, then comes Mr. Friedrich Merz, the next nightmare. it's not getting any better

[@francoforte4788]

No.... no nightmare. Maybe not the politics you like, but no nightmare. Merz is special, but also far more professional than Scholz. I don't know what to expect of him. Have no real opinion. But really tough decisions need to be done in near future. Especially with Mr. Orange. We need someone with balls for this. Scholz has none. Merz? We'll see. 🤷‍♂🙂

[@Chris1111116]

@@francoforte4788Merz has no expertise of fiscal policies as can be seen by supporting Lindners fiscal Voodoo economics yesterday. Merz can be foreign minister. Habeck needs to become chancellor!

[@TheBonecrusherz]

At least Scholz is gone, can't get much worse than him except for one of the afd clowns maybe.

[@ChristinaMotzer]

Geht mir ähnlich ​@@francoforte4788

[@erriic_clips]

@@francoforte4788 Populism is indeed not the politics i like. We cant allow the shift to the right.

[@Andermonda]

I don't really like our voting system here in Germany. For many years it didn't matter who you voted for, because there wasn't a majority Government in forever. And the same parties always end up in the same bed and nothing changes. In my opinion 3 times 20 % for example, doesn't count as the major opinion of voters. In the US you might have terrible choices like the election right now, but it IS the majority of voters and the parties do have different agendas. So as long as we don't have one party in charge here, nothing will change.

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

yep, right like in your favourite country Russia, huh...

[@gallierkelte8414]

SPD, Greens, The Left, BSW could be compared with the Democrats and CDU/CSU, AfD etc. with Republicans, the FDP is somewhere in the middle but in Germany it is separated and makes coalitions even more difficult

[@mariusd.396]

Yeah, the whole US is stupidly capitalistic and from my sight of view far right. :D I would even argue there is no comparable politics to The Left in the US (maybe Bernie, but well…).

[@applescooper]

I don’t know if your title is correct there. If it really takes a turn for the worse, is to be seen and depends on the next election. Werther we get a government, that has to work across the aisle or not. Most likely scenario will be a coalition out of CDU/CSU and SPD at the moment. This coalition would be able to govern the full four years and probably bring enough stability to Germany so that we can say that things have slightly improved. But if we get a Jamaika coalition we would see the same instability. And personally I think this election comes at a very good time. A lot has happened since the last election and now that Trump has been elected as President in the US, we will have to grow up as a nation and be independent from the USA. That is something we need to talk about now.

[@PhilipS-t3e]

How about a vid on the same topic in the US after trump announcing his nominees 😏🤷 could also be funny 😂🤣

[@bbxclusice3372]

CDU is very happy about it .. but im honest this could be the Start for the AFD and Not the CDU again 😅

[@Hey.Joe.]

Yes, this is a serious topic and concerning, but apart from that I noticed something else. Imagine a Drake Meme right now: People are reading political news for themself -> No, meh! James Bray is reading out political news for other people with some own comments. -> Yes, yay! After 22 hours this video already have 2990 call ups and 203 Thumb ups. 😮

[@ChristinaMotzer]

Du solltest wissen, James, dass in Deutschland die Regierung solange im amt bleibt, bis eine neue vereidigt wird

[@Deadhessian]

i cant foresee how elections might turn out here. i just hope neither AfD nor BSW will have a part of the next government.

[@mikelytou]

I wish I was 100% confident they won't, but not with Merz. He is so power hungry, he'll do anything.

[@sihilius]

And please no S´CDU. I wish people would finally take an hour our of one or two days and inform themselves about smaller parties. There are some really good ones out there, that I feel like would do a way better job than any of the big ones.

[@dirkhardtech7882]

I celebrate your reaction Videos.(Your Visits in Germany 👍👌). Please make a reaction to the"Hype Awards" A very cringe live show. It's a, award only for German HipHop Artist. Greets from Cologne

[@geeemm135]

german government disbanding is not the end of the world. happened before, might happen in the future again. all i can hope for is that we're smarter than the average american and dont cast too many votes towards the afd who loves that orange man got elected.

[@beerussama2297]

Nothing wrong with them. Prove me wrong. The only possible thing one could mention is Höcke. Other than that these are the only one's speaking out what the people want. Including getting rid of illegal/criminal immigrants.

[@DepressionOfMyCat]

urgh i feel like politics are a pain int he asß all over the world its horrible...at leat we are all together in this

[@TheDarkwater78]

Don't get this wrong: The former coalition did achieve a lot of their goals to which they agreed within the coalition contract. Surely, everyone had to make big compromises from time to time but they really worked on a lot of the stuff that the former conservative governments simply ignored. But what really sucked and what did turn out to ruin their days were the awfully PR and the bad communication work. If you start to spit poison unto your colleagues or your superiors you will very likely end up getting fired within a business environment. This is just bad style. And this is why the government that achieved the most critical successes since decades are - at the same time - the most hated government since decades. But don't forget: I am german and therefor I am used to sit out useless conservative governments that take care of having another four years of stagnation. There is always a next election! ;-)

[@berndbrakemeier1418]

Oh vielen Dank, Seelenbruder!

[@af2616]

For your own interest I would start reading/listening to media that is not mainstream and therefore most likely propaganda. And yes great work by the coalition 👏🏼 German economy is going down, migration and crime is flooding Germany , but we were the second biggest and now biggest sponsor of the war in Ukraine. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great work and everything purely in the interest of German citizen. Spending tax money for green energy, alien criminals and war - definitely great work 👏🏼 wake up

[@FlorianH0867]

Yes, we had a bad day but I am lucky that the finance minister did get fired. By the way, it was at the same day as the US politics had is worst day in the US history. ;)

[@armin5577]

I don't get the "resistance to change" thing. Actually the complete opposite is true, because most Germans do want a change of government now. I also don't hear anyone "complaining" about that. And also on political issues the people do want changes for ages. That's why after the last election most people were glad that there was finally a different government than CDU/CSU/SPD that would actually improve (=change) more things, but now it turned out to be failing during the last 1-2 years. (And the ones who vote for CDU/CSU/SPD are mostly old people, but that has nothing to do with how Germans think in general. They are only a problem because old people represent more and more the majority due to the aging population demographic issue.) That paragraph is complete unrelated nonsense and only conveys personal stereotypical opions of that so-called "expert"...

[@Mohler41]

Love Trump

[@gruffelo6945]

We had horrible governments all the way back to where I can remember in the late 80s/early 90s. Germany was just so strong economicly that the bad governments couldn't hurt us too much.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

What’s your problem? There is democracy at work, he fired a minister and his coalition partner, so what? Democracy, now we get the chance to speak with our votes. That is how it works

[@KAI19772011]

Yeah, the criminal fired the guy who wants to respect our constitution 😂 kick our chancellor not lindner 😂

[@lubitz161]

Egal was passiert: wählt jetzt bitte nicht alle die CDU oder AfD und informiert euch was Merz so für ein nicer Dude ist.. 😢

[@Mr82Dominik]

nur die AfD

[@HonestVRde]

AfD nur noch !

[@lubitz161]

@@Mr82Dominik nein Dominik, da steht nicht die AfD! 😂

[@beerussama2297]

Ja, total nicer dude. Hätte ihn gern als Großvater.

[@HonestVRde]

@@Mr82Dominik lass dir nichts erzählen da steht ganz klar AfD wählen!^^

[@MeQuiety]

To help an American understand the shifting political center in Germany, I use US politicians and where I see them from the perspective of a US citizen and a German! Under Chancellor Merkel, the SPD (Scholz) could be equated with Bernie Sanders and the CDU/CSU (Merkel) with the current Kamala Harris policy! Currently I see the SPD slightly to the left of Liz Cheny but too far to the right of center! The "Greens" were and have actually been conservative center-left economists since at least '08/'09 with a view to a "sustaining" economy in the future (simply put, they force us to accept the truth, which requires compromises to change behavior! ) The FDP (Lindner) is a conservative, arch-economic party that hides behind the cloak of the concept of freedom and stands for uncontrolled economic power! But their electorate, the higher-earning middle class [+50k €/Y to -70k €/Y], will soon no longer exist in Germany! Currently this starts at 66k and ends at 85k, but has a lot fewer voters to offer! I see the current FDP to the left of Elon Musk, who is one millimeter to the left of Trump! The normal center in Germany has shifted 2 hours to the right on the horseshoe clock, on which the AFD can just be glimpsed at 6:01 p.m. on the horizon of the right-wing radical to fascist abyss...!

[@arnodobler1096]

For once, Scholz has done something really well! Lindner is disgusting! Everything is so exaggerated abroad.

[@klauskuhnast2394]

You understand absolutely nothing.

[@stephanmoller1323]

Thank You SO MUCH for Your content, James!!! ✌🙂👍 I nearly spent my whole life in Germany (also seen some places in the world during holidays), so I am something like "Native German"... 🙂 During the last years, there were some real challenges for the German people, and life didn't really get easier. But watching Your videos is bringing me kind of "back to the roots". Your enthusiasm, Your joy and Your curiosity shows significantly, that Germany is not the worst place to be. And that's what we shouldn't forget about... 🤔 It makes me happy and it's heart warming, when foreign people visit our country and really like it, I appreciate... Maybe You've heard about the manner of speaking "Jammern auf hohem Niveau", something like "suffering on a high level". Maybe we Germans are world champions in this discipline... People like You can explain, that life's got a lot more color, if You take off the grey glasses. And that is worth a lot...! I'm Your greatest fanboy now, and please let me know, if You ever start merchandising like coffee mugs, bed linen, hoodies or whatever... 👏😁🙌

[@95crippler]

Falling apart since 2015

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

didnt know the CDU has only been in office since 2015. I think you've mispelled 2005. 🤔

[@gruffelo6945]

The falling apart started with privatisation in the 90s under Kohl's CDU - and 16 years of doing nothing under Merkel.

[@mikelytou]

Are you talking about your brain?

[@juricarmichael2534]

YES! We are falling apart for years. But nobody realizes, cause we do it that s l o w ..... 🤷

[@francoforte4788]

My first comment disappeared. 🤷‍♂ Just said, it's no big deal, the thing with the government. Happened before, will happen in future. They noticed they can't go on like this and made a cut. Good decision. New elections will come and the show will go on 🙂

[@cykr0]

Well… the USA took the worst

[@Philip808-]

Imagine Alice Weidel (AFD) wird als erstes aus DE von trump eingeladen🇺🇲❤

[@GhettoBoss]

Olaf Holz is a joke 🤣

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

Hey James, german here. So we have a debt stop in the constitution which states that we cannot spend more than we have with certain exceptions. We already took on new debt, so it's not exactly as if we didn't spend much more money than we are technically allowed to constitutionally. However the FDP blocked pretty much everything during the entire coalition anyway. SPD and the Greens especially only want to spend money without cutting back non useful spendings like questionable NGO funding and stuff they are ideologically invested in. For example there was a scandal not long ago when they found out that the greens rooted for some projects in china and spend money on them but they didn't even exist. Lots of smaller scandals added up, the greens especially are ideologically completely unhinged. Basically germans are FED UP with the current government, so most people are for quick elections but Scholz wants to drag it out because he hopes to win a few more votes after a local election in Hamburg that's coming up in March. So this is why Merz also is calling for quick new elections. We all really have had enough with all of the traffic light parties at this point. All of the three parties COMBINED didn't have more than 15% of votes last european election. Oh yeah and especially the newly enforced Self-ID law (another ideological project of the Greens) in Germany is something especially women are pissed about (as far as they know of it or it's implications at least). So I hope this helps! PS: We aren't afraid or anything, we're going about our business as usual, but want quick elections.

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

ah yes, the self-ID law... every german women is pissed about that... well, at least every german women that agrees with you. 90% about them dont care about that because they are not ideogically driven people like you.

[@CES-z4d]

Have you noticed that there is a war going on that we fund heavily for a good reason? It‘s not about NGO funding…and by the way, would you prefer the Russian model where all NGOs are „foreign agents“?

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

@ ich hab nichts gegen die Ukraine Hilfe, aber es wird ein Haufen Geld an Orgas gespendet die angeblich die Demokratie fördern sollen, aber genau das Gegenteil tun. Die meisten Leute kriegen davon überhaupt nichts mit für was für einen Blödsinn die Grünen unser Geld raus werfen.

[@winterlinde5395]

German here. You speak for all of us. That’s why I‘m here to Disagree.

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

@ disagree to what? Obviously germans are Not a monolith, same as Americans. Then Write down your opinion and be Done with it. My other answer has disappeared again.

[@koramailbox9300]

Ask Joe Biden why he blew up our gas pipeline 😂 that was the beginning of the downfall of our politics 😂

[@TobiasNeu-nk3zf]

Elon Musk just said this days: "Olaf ist ein Narr" and he is absolutly right. I think you can compare the german situation a bit like the americans, the most peoples want peace between ucraine and russia, instead of send billions of euro there, we also have big migration problems, our economy is going totally down. The most democracy Parties like CDU/CSU, SPD, Grüne(Greenis) and FDP was all the years and are still against the AFD, wich are rights. Many peoples in Germany are tired also of all the woke things and woke media. Imo its compareable with the Democracys and Republicans at the USA

[@mikelytou]

brainwashed AFD voter...

[@scarlett105]

Shut up Putin-Fanboy

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

We Germans could elect a new government before Christmas, but the Chancellor has other plans regarding the election strategy so that his party looks better. Really slow, Olaf Scholz the sleep brake!!!! Every country in the European Union and its members told him that we had to act quickly because Trump is already in action! He won't wait.

[@PhilipS-t3e]

You should lissen to the Bundeswahlleitung 😉 Its not like you organize this in a few weeks 🤷 Printing, enough time for postal voting, Wahlhelfer....... January would already be fast - especially with GERMAN BÜROKRATIE - and thats Parteiübergreifend 🙈 (same for every party)

[@mikelytou]

mate, think first, speak second. Not the other way around. Read what Philip said. Plus who the truck wants to campaign in the deepest winter and who the truck wants to stand in line outside to vote in the deepest Winter at -20°C? Not just this time, but every time until another coalition breaks apart prematurely the next time.

[@Chris1111116]

Let’s hope Habeck & the Greens win the next election so that normal fiscal policies are enacted like in any other European country (sadly unlike in any other country only the Greens are supporting keynesianism - in most countries it’s supported by every party from left to conservative and liberal)! Habeck needs to become chancellor!

[@DaTa-cb4mv]

But not German chancellor.

[@luisaoelkers813]

The Greens Need to BE kicked Out of every Parlament They are No good and a cult

[@hermannlind6407]

This government should have dissoved after 3 days instead of 3 years; total incompetance and hypocracy! It certainly can't get worse.

[@lubitz161]

The paradox in Germany is you won't get what you voted for, so at some point it doesn't matter what you vote for bc once someone's voted into a government all promises they've made are gone, never to be heard of again. So what do people do? They're pissed and show that by voting AfD..

[@beerussama2297]

Which everybody will be happy about once their voice converts into action.

[@lubitz161]

@beerussama2297 pitty it never does..

[@stromaufwaerts-b7w]

Yeah, democracy means you need a majority. Without you can't do whatever your voters want you need to make compromises.

[@beerussama2297]

@@lubitz161 Unless you are Jesus knowing the future, it's nothing but your expectation, sorry. People never will learn from mistakes.

[@beerussama2297]

@@stromaufwaerts-b7w It's something different to not make all people happy or to not make ANY people happy. 2% of all germany were happy with the government.

[@flom.7389]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKamnZdmab2rhcksi=96CVwe5_L2dxrYMM This video gives you a good overview to understand.