L’AFD di estrema destra della Germania chiede nuove elezioni dopo che Merz non riesce a essere eletto cancelliere al primo voto-Europa Live | Germania
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/06/friedrich-merz-german-chancellor-europe-live-latest-news
di scarab1001
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When the wolves watch over the sheep… I can already tell they will win next elections, and will have a set of new, shiny weapons bought by the previous administration to “test”.
We keep ignoring internal and systemic issues, and it’s only gonna bolden them, turning this all into the “new” normality.
Please Germans, please tell me that new elections are not a real possibility?
Do the holdouts want anything in particular?
The inability to unite, even in the face of threats from the AfD and Trump, shows that the current generation of German politicians are pathetic losers, similar to those who allowed the Nazis to rise to power.
Germany be like: “Since our government is incapable, let’s roll under Russia”
They’re leading in some polls, [that’s why the AfD wants fresh elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_German_federal_election#2025).
But it’s not going to happen because snap elections are a kind of taboo in Germany. It reminds them of the time when [snap elections were repeatedly held in 1932 and 1933 before a certain someone became Reichskanzler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1932_German_federal_election).
Clarification:
Merz can – but doesn’t have to – try to get elected within the next 2 weeks, theoretically as often as he wants to.
After two weeks there has to be another vote.
If he wins only a plurality the president has to decide within 7 days whether he appoints him chancellor or calls for new elections.
[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0296](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0296) Article 63
I for one call for the afd to shut the fuck up. Unbelievable that these asshats get ~30% support…
The 3D chess move: offer the Chancellor position to Pistorius.
Gioirà ancora la Merkel per avere affossato l’ex di Blackrock e Kommerzbank. Anche lui aveva proposto politiche sull’immigrazione più stringenti. Sarà un caso?
FYI: They are doing the second vote today. Hopefully it passes!!
What happened in the German Bundestag today was not a free decision by frustrated members of parliament. No, it was a concerted action by interested parties from within the country or, more likely, from abroad.
Can we update this and call them with their proper adjective: extremist AFD.
Smells like some fishy shit is going on.
Here I am broken and twisted as both my countries are up for some heavy shit… what a time to be alive
Bullshit
Not a single thing was learned in history class apparently.
Ofc they do, but its bs.
The constitution says there may be 3 parliamental elections of a chancellor. And the first 2 require absolute majority, while the third requires normal majority. The third one will probably not happen.
In the meantime he’s already elected chancellor. What a hysterical drama queens at afd.
What a disaster
In case you forgot, this is the AfD: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/drGHui03mW
AfD should stfu, how about that?
There are more rounds and the second one he got elected.
I’m calling for them to shut up. We can’t always get what we wish for.
Sorry I’m at work and American so tldr? Did the baddies win? I thought the baddies lost?
And now, after the second round we can all say, with a smile on our faces:
**FUCK YOU AfD!**
Fuck afd
Merz got voted in after the second round and closed door discussions. The Nazis can shut up now
I think i heard on the radio that since the first parliament after ww2, every chancellor was elected on the second vote (can’t be entirely sure, i was driving and wasn’t paying much attention). So this call was just plain stupid.
They really made an ass of their mouth now that Merz was elected on the second turn.
What a bunch of sore fascist losers.
To any german people here – what’s that with her clapping? She looks like she has branches instead of hands?
And its done, he got elected…so AFD can eat a old würst with curry sauce
Oh, you mean extremist organization AFD?