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[–] [email protected] 251 points 4 months ago (17 children)

62 projected seats for nazis... great job citizens, great job -.-

[–] [email protected] 158 points 4 months ago (7 children)

There are even more, included in Nonaligned. The German Nazis (afd 16 seats) were kicked out of ID

[–] [email protected] 124 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not to mention they were kicked out of the Nazi group, because THEY WERE TOO EXTREME FOR THEM. Wake me up in 5 years when we can hopefully stop this...

[–] sukhmel 44 points 4 months ago

kicked out of the Nazi group, because THEY WERE TOO EXTREME FOR THEM

I was going to joke suggesting that, but you already had my joke crushed by reality being exactly that 😒

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SIXTEEN!?

sorry, I gotta vomit.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Second strongest party in germany as a whole and strongest in east germany. Ahead of all member parties of our current government.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Thanks ~~Obama~~ Merz and Springer. Their constant Ampel bashing really fucked everything up.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The Ampel may have gained control over the government at the worst possible time. Everything is currently shit and people always blame the government, even though some of that is not under their control, which currently places blame on the only three important center-left parties. Thus people turn right.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago

unfunny thing though is, that most of the shit we have to deal with right now comes from the time CDU/CSU was in charge.

I... I'm so fricking done.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

And the CDU blames them for everything they fucked up the past 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's a tale as old as time. Conservatives fuck up so many things that they can't be fixed in the one term other parties occasionally get. And when those then fail to fix everything, people go "see? They're not better. Might as well vote conservative again."

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Afd result is mind boggling

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago

around 16.5% yeah, that is not just mind boggling but also fecking disheartening.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I blame it on the greens for not fielding Habeck as chancellor candidate. I'm probably going to be salty about that one for the next 40 years.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I'm voting as hard as I can, okay πŸ₯΅

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think the most important topic right now is confronting the climate change and the problems it is going to cause, on every level local, regional, national and international. This looming crisis is going to affect everything and everyone on an existential level, and requires every of these government levels, even every individual, to fucking work and to fucking stand together.

And now my compatriots elect AfD.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Climate change is literally on position 4 out of 5 for voters. People are absolute fucking morons and at this point I think we should just go extinct. This is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Humanity can go extinct. We deserve it. I feel bad for all the animals we kill along with us.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

If you can't afford your bills you don't care about climate change.

Edit: I know, that climate change will only worsen your financial situation, but a lot of people don't see the long term effects on them and the economy.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Yes but have you considered that brown people are to blame for all these things? And that they are also fictional lies by The Left (tm) to scare you away from the horrible brown people?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago

And the homersexuels. Can't forget what they did to help the brown folks.

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[–] [email protected] 126 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Putin absolutely loving this

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The growth of the far right isn't that terrible on a vacuum, since it's just a small growth anyway. The real bad news is this:

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/05/14/possible-to-cooperate-with-some-far-right-personalities-says-charles-michel

This is, traditional conservative parties starting to talk about cooperation with the far right, rather than with centrists. If you thought far right euroskeptics were cringe, just you wait to see the far right that wants to remodel the EU to their taste - and are capable of passing reforms.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Look at all those parties! The American mind struggles to comprehend this.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While I am all for laughing at the 'Muricans for making themselves out to be the prime democratic nation on the planet while having the choice between a conservative and an ultra-conservative party only, this time, we cannot indulge in this kind of thing to feel superior. We need to make sure we actually stay superior now, which… isn't a given anymore.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago (4 children)

'Haha you guys only have the choice between conservative and far-right'

only elects conservatives and far-right

-us europeans rn

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And now the right will go and ignore the migration issue (as solving it will cost them votes) and go ahead and make other shit right wing policy.

Farmers that do not grow crops for direct human consumption should not get subsidies.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Can someone knowledgeable here explain this projection in relation to green policies and carbon goals?

I assume they are now (even) less likely to be in form of mandates and we are moving towards 'capitalism (with a lil stimulus push here and there) will solve the problem it created'?
Tho maybe nuclear energy could also get a little bit more (re)renewed traction?

Also, the whole internet surveillance isn't going away now, is it?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

With the German Pirate Party loosing its seat a strong voice against surveilance is lost.

They also supplied NGOs with information directly from the legislative process, allowing them to act faster (and sometimes you have to be very fast to comment on minor changes with great effect) I hope somebody else at least partly takes on this role.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Anything blue or on the right of blue will vote against green policies. That's your threshold I guess. Same for surveillance (blue ->pro).

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

The parties consistently voting in favor of green policies were Greens, Left and Socialdemocrats, with Liberals and independents varying wildly. Some decarbonization goals are still in place, but the new equilibrium may vote to revoke some of them and the actual laws to enforce them for good will likely not be passed.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Can we take a moment to consider that everything is the fault of the Italians. The Italians, and only the Italians:

Why the hell are your polling stations open until 23:00? Who the hell votes at that time? Is it one of those "not cappuccino after 11 -- no voting before dusk" kind of superstitions? You're the reason we don't have proper projections yet!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why the hell are your polling stations open until 23:00?

That's just barely in time to vote after dinner!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You want to make it harder to vote just to get faster unofficial projections?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Disgusting.

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