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[News] Wouldn’t happen in Germany
- Thread starter Guinness Boy
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour? 
German Navy ship blasts out Darth Vader theme on Thames
Londoners are surprised when a German Navy ship blasts out the music from the Star Wars trilogies.
www.bbc.co.uk
schmunk
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I nearly got fixtured writing a fixtures post there.
The irony!
The irony!
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Ah, sorry!
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Luckily, I know someone who can merge them.
Worth posting twice IMO, very funny.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Well this was something I never thought would happen:
Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.
BBC Germany....
Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.
BBC Germany....
A marked shift to the right, the recent terrorist attacks were noted throughout as helping the right.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg82wwrwy6t
Hopefully the AFD are excluded from any coalition.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg82wwrwy6t
Hopefully the AFD are excluded from any coalition.
Isn't the centre-right party going to win, and form a coalition without the AfD?
Machiavelli
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They will be. If the exit polls are close to being right, it's looking like a three-way coalition again. The last one didn't work too well but not helped by circumstances. Doubt they'll improve too much for this parliament.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a two way coalition with the SPD. There’s a need to get this sorted quickly, and with stabiity, and I think this will be the best option to achieve this.
As an aside, a big turn out.
Machiavelli
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Yes. 84% from what I gather, which kind of puts the 60% achieved here in 2024 in perspective (the second lowest in history).
The Grand Coalition might well happen, but that's still only 29% + 16% = 45%, which isn't enough to get things through if the opposition unites in voting against.
What's the situation with the 5% threshold for the minor parties? Both the FPD and SWA just below it.
And the AfD have spat the dummy for not being invited into a coalition as second biggest party.
What part of 'but the rest of us hate you nazi shitlers, and would rather team up with anyone else, even the socialists' don't they understand I wonder?
Scappa
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Restricted opening hours for all beer halls in Munich for the foreseeableAnd the AfD have spat the dummy for not being invited into a coalition as second biggest party.
What part of 'but the rest of us hate you nazi shitlers, and would rather team up with anyone else, even the socialists' don't they understand I wonder?
I think if they get at least 3 seats in the direct vote they are fine. The rules changed this year though, the “overhang” seats have gone, so if a party gets more seats in the direct vote than the popular vote there’s an adjustment down. I am note sure if this happens at the lower end though ie if a party gets 3 seats but their share of the popular vote is is less than 3 seats (ie 3/630*100 percent) they lose them.
Oh great, a fortnight of Trump, Musk and Vance whinging about them being “excluded from power by the REAL fascist dictators” and the likeAnd the AfD have spat the dummy for not being invited into a coalition as second biggest party.
What part of 'but the rest of us hate you nazi shitlers, and would rather team up with anyone else, even the socialists' don't they understand I wonder?
Did Labour have a tantrum for not being invited to form a coalition with the Tories? Of course not.