Upset in German Bundestag as wall comes down between conservatives and far right • FRANCE 24

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, January 30: Friedrich Merz, Germany’s conservative CDU leader and candidate for chancellorship, receives votes and applause from the far-right AfD party in the Bundestag – we look at the press reaction to the centre right breaking the taboo on working with the far right. Also, with a growing crime rate and overcrowded prisons, Sweden proposes sending detainees to foreign jails. Finally, does the polar bear hold the key to replacing certain toxic PFAS chemicals?
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15 comments

  5. Weidel was elected by the people. That's democracy! In contrast, Germany's left uses blanket words like "racist" "far-right" "Islamaphobe" "xenophobe" "facist" etc. What German citizens want to know is who exactly are you talking about and would you like to identify them?

  7. Oh France. Don't you have a parliament in free-fall collapse to worry about? Your citizens don't want your socialism anymore than the Germans do.

  8. The FDP is not the "red" party (that would be the SPD), it is the "yellow" one that destroyed the coalition by clinging to the disastrous austerity policies that got us where we are today, and is hoping for a seat at the table in a right/far right coalition that has become much more likely yesterday!

  9. The AfD will be getting well over 25% of the votes. Ignoring such a large portion of the country and remember in East Germany it is closer to 40%. Ignoring them will lead to further radicalization and a growing independence movement.

    Germany is a federal state, each State could cecede

  10. At first I thought the building was in bad repair 😅
    You should have said "firewall" which is what we say in German ('Brandmauer").

  12. This hysteria is RIDICULOUS. The CDU/CSU members did not vote for an AfD bill, they voted for their own bill. There was absolutely NOTHING that they could do to stop the AfD members voting for it as well. The suggestion that there was any collusion is just sensationalist rubbish. If the opinion polls are correct, Freddie will become Bundeskanzler. I am sure that he could operate successfully as head of a minority government knowing full well the the AfD will have little option but to vote for nearly all of his proposed legislation. As everyone, including the CSU/CSU have sworn not to do deals with the AfD, the only way that the AfD can achieve power is with at least 50% of the vote …. not going to happen this time and probably never will especially as Freddie will steal most of their thunder. If the Afd MPs want to sulk when left out in the cold and want to take their ball home, that will be up to them. They can hardly vote against their own policies. If they decide to abstain and there is to be a vote of no confidence, the last thing that the AfD want is another election, especially if they have shewn themselves to be spoilt brats, so they will come back to keep Freddie in office. From the AfD point of view, if there is one thing worse than a CDU/CSU government, it would be Olaf back allowing in even more migrants and giving them the right to vote.

  13. There was a time in human history when people lived in tribes made up of family members and people associated with them. Then it happens that disagreements broke out between one tribe and another, so each tribe found another tribe to help them conquer the offending tribe. So began the evolution of groups of different associations. If you believe freedom only comes in living with like minded souls, I wish you luck in finding freedom in this day and age. Perhaps you can find a space somewhere for your like minded tribe to live. Then you can begin the process of group evolution all over again.

  14. Everything that does not submit to the totalitarian purposes of the caste that owns the EU (and the governments and politicians that are the core of the caste) is "extreme right". A tribute to Goebbels' propaganda techniques and Gramsci's weapons to achieve "hegemony". Zero dissent.

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