Make that Feb rather than Jan 23. I was thinking about sex while typing and lost my focus. I am sure you can all understand. Germany is about to move to more conservative positions on immigration, the economy, energy, and defense. This is good. Could not do worse than Chancellor Dingleberry who they will get rid of. Man, no one knew how to dither and try to play both sides of an issue and be the last one to get a clue than Scholz. The far right party will get plenty of votes which will give the lefties here something to crow about. Except that party will not be invited into the coalition to form a government, but they will not let that little factoid interfere with their assessment. It will be an improvement for Germany but they are too far gone to recover their status in the EU that they had under Merkel (even if you did not like her). Poland will take their place as the leading force in the EU and as a partner with the U.S. Germany dithered around and tried a bunch of woke shit and lost their way. They ended out where we would be over time if Kamala had been elected. You can't recover from that.
The Right Wing Party will win and it will be good for Germany. All of Europe will eventually elect Right Wing Governments.
It's the Syrian immigrants who invaded Germany the most aggressively. No reason why they cannot go back to Syria now that the conflict is mostly over. At a minimum, it undercuts the claims for asylum that are in queue.
The Nazis of the AfD will not be in charge. Friedrich Merz Appears Poised to Be Germany’s Next Leader The centrist conservatives are in the lead, with the far-right AfD in second, early exit polls showed. The vote appears to be a rebuke to the nation’s left-leaning government. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/23/world/germany-election The conservative Christian Democrats appear poised to win Germany’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the hard-right Alternative for Germany in second place. The first wave of exit polls, which are historically highly accurate predictors of Germany’s final vote, showed German voters delivering a rebuke to the nation’s left-leaning government over its handling of the economy and immigration. The Christian Democrats and their sister party, the Christian Social Union, were leading with a combined 29 percent of the vote. The AfD had 19.5 percent, lower than what was predicted, while the governing Social Democrats had 16 percent, the early exit polls indicated. That almost certainly means the country’s next chancellor will be Friedrich Merz, a businessman who has promised to crack down on migrants and slash taxes and business regulations in a bid to kick-start economic growth. But if the exit polls are correct, Mr. Merz will likely not have the option of forming a simple coalition with the second-place finisher. However, like other German party leaders he has promised never to partner with the AfD, parts of which are classified as extremist by German intelligence. The snap election was held earlier than expected, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition the economy and immigration. The Trump administration became its own late-arriving issue in the campaign, with candidates warning that the United States is no longer a reliable ally. How Germans voted will now be a critical component of Europe’s response to President Trump’s new world order, and resonate far beyond their borders. Here’s what we are following: Immigration policy: A series of deadly attacks over the past year committed by immigrants, including asylum seekers from the Middle East and Afghanistan, have rattled Germans. The AfD has gained support by promising to deport some immigrants and seal borders, which won the endorsement of Trump adviser Elon Musk and a form of encouragement from Vice President JD Vance. The U.S. meddling in the campaign put off some left-leaning voters on Sunday but was welcomed by others supporting the AfD, according to interviews at polling stations. Economic crisis: Germany’s economy has not grown in five years and is suffering from an industrial competitiveness crisis. Forecasts show an economy rapidly sliding backward, stunning declines that have emerged as one of the biggest issues in the parliamentary election. Elevating the AfD: The AfD, with its anti-immigrant and nationalist platform, has long been a pariah of German politics. A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped push the Alternative for Germany party to second place in pre-election polls.