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No confidence at the Bundestag
Gerhard Schroeder has lost a confidence motion in the Bundestag, the German Parliament, apparently, just as he had planned. This means that Germany will have early elections - probably in September of this year. It had a lot to do with the recent victory of the Christian Democratics (CDU) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), which was traditionally a strong hold of Herr.Schroeder’s Social Democratic Party (SPD). I for one, was just glad when the NRW elections were over coz they removed the life-size (no, a 10-times life size) cut out of one of the candidates from the path outside my home.
If you don’t follow German politics, heres the low down: the main contestants will be SPD (German Schroeder’s party) vs CDU, led by Angela Merkel - a woman and a physicist. A main point of discussion during the campaigns will be Germany’s high unemployment rate of over 11%. Will Germany have its first woman chancellor in the Sep elections? Only time will tell.
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Keine Frau ordnet Deutschland an. Es ist Königland
Ja, auch Vaterland!
Even Königlands need queens sometime or the other. As Vaterlands need mothers.
Anyways, I say there will be a coalition - VaterMutterland or KönigKöniginland! Lets wait and see =)
Hi,
Who do you think will win?
yum yum
I meant which bloc?
I wouldn’t bet on it, but my guess would be CDU. But will it be an outright win with absolute majority? - seems unlikely.