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SystemSystem Posts: 12,173
edited October 2018 in General

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The  German state of Hessen goes to the polls this  weekend.  Hessen has been something of a swing state between the CDU and SPD. The current state assembly has the CDU in power on 38% of the vote in a coalition with the Greens  who  won 11%. The SPD leads  the opposition with 31%. But all is not well. The large national parties are worried  by the shifting ground in German  politics. A look at recent polling shows why

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  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,892
    Really good piece once again @alanbrooke. Many thanks.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,892
    Our greens might politely be described as obsessive eccentrics. Are German Greens any better? I remember them pushing the closure of nuclear power stations increasing reliance on Russian gas in recent years. That doesn’t sound a good sign to me.
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