Germany has a new government, and it's arrived just in time for Christmas. CDU, CSU and SPD will govern under Angela Merkel (CDU) in a Grosse Koalition (Grand Coalition). That Koalitionsvertrag I wrote about in my last post has been approved. The SPD party members...
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On the way to a Grand Coalition (election story continued)
As I have written before, Angela Merkel and her right-leaning Christian Democrats (CDU) won the most votes in Germany's election on 22nd September. 10 weeks have now passed, and still a new government is yet to be formed. From a British perspective, it seems to be...
Without a voting card on Election Day
Yesterday - Election Day. I, as an expat, was merely a bystander. But that did not stop a familiar shiver of emotion running up my spine at the sight of people strolling to the local polling station, peacefully coming together to democratically express their hopes and...
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