Auch bei der Europwahl 2019 war die AfD in den neuen Ländern außerordentlich erfolgreich. Mit Blick auf die bisherige Entwicklung der AfD in den neuen Ländern ist dies wenig verwunderlich. Das Handelsblatt hat mit etlichen Ökonomen über die Lage gesprochen und am Ende sogar einen Politikwissenschaftler nach seiner Meinung gefragt 😉
The AfD was founded near Germany’s financial centre of gravity (Frankfort) by members of the old western elites. But early on, the eastern states of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia became important for the further development of the party. It was here, during the 2014 state election season, that the AfD began to toy (very reluctantly […]
It will take some time to get nearly-final results for Germany, let alone for the EU, but the picture emerging from the exit polls in Germany is reasonably clear. So, in time honoured tradition, here are my hot takes: News of a far-right takeover were exaggerated, to say the least. The only relevant Eurosceptic party, […]
Germany – no EP electoral threshold for the last time There are currently 111 ‘political associations’ registered with Germany’s federal electoral commission. 41 of them (counting the CDU and the CSU separately) are fielding candidates in the upcoming European elections.Why are they doing it? Narcissism aside, this is a national election that is held without […]
Before the 2019 European election, The Conversation asked a bunch of us to comment on the campaign and the outlook in/from our respective countries. Here is the view from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden, and from Norway. And before you ask: no, Norway has not (yet) joined on the sly
Vor der Europa- und Kommunalwahl hat der rechtsextreme Verein “Ein Prozent” versucht den Eindruck zu erwecken, dass in Deutschland Wahlergebnisse gefälscht würden. Watson.de hat einen guten Artikel dazu publiziert, für den der Verfasser unter anderem auch mit mir gesprochen hat.
Our local party system may have collapsed, giving way too much room to the officers & gentlemen / wannabe parish priests. But just when I thought I had seen the worst, the regional CDU got it in their head to prove that even with the benefit of professionally designed templates and logos, things can go […]
Das Jugendmagazin “Jetzt” hat eine spannende Geschichte über einen jungen Mann mit einer geistigen Behinderung, der nach der Gesetzesänderung zum ersten Mal wählen darf. Zur Einordnung hat sich der Autor mit mir über Muster im Wahlverhalten unterhalten.
Local democracy is a good thing. It is also one of the good things that you can have too much of. After almost sixty years of territorial reforms, Rhineland-Palatinate, a state that harbours about 5% of Germany’s total population, is still home to about 2,500 of the nation’s ~11,000 municipalities. There may be an EP […]
Mit dpa habe ich darüber gesprochen, ob und wie Wähler zwischen Europawahlen und Kommunalwahlen differenzieren Andere Teile des Gesprächs sind bei der “Welt” gelandet: