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September 19, 2005
It's a tie
Vote leaves Germany in a political mudbath - Europe - MSNBC.com
I know nothing about German politics, okay. But from what I can tell, here's the problem... There are two main parties, like in most of Europe, the Christian Democrats (CDU, the center-right) and the Social Democrats (SDU, the center-left). They came in in a virtual deadlock, with a very small lead for the CDU. Neither has near enough votes to govern on its own.
The problem is that each party has just one natural ally. The SDU has the Greens, who are annoying, of course. The CDU has the Free Democrats (FDP) who are centrists. Both have slightly less than ten percent, and neither has enough to push a partner into a majority. Then there's the Left Party, who are Communists, so nobody wants to join with them.
The only reasonable answer -- since I can't see a coalition of the Christian Democrats, Free Democrats, and Greens lasting very long -- would be a unity government, a "grand coalition" of the two major parties. But they hate each other and Schoeder seems to be unwilling to take a subsidiary role. He does have only one fewer seat.
I call do-over.
Posted by Mac Thomason at September 19, 2005 01:45 PM
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