▲ 445 ▼ Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing (www.reuters.com) submitted 1 week ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 65 points 1 week ago (4 children) Woo. Good for you guys. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Slashme@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* Well that's Berlin - the most liberal city in Germany, reacting to the rightward shift of the country and the most unlikeable centre-right chancellor that the Christian Democrats could find (Merz), but the overall picture isn't that bright. The AfD has done extremely well in Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, getting more votes than any other single party. In Meck-Pomm, the centre-to-left parties will be able to form a government, but in Saxony, there's a good chance that the AfD will work together with a new populist party that split from the leftists and actually get into power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AviAdi@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children) Don't get your hopes up. Now they have to deliver on these promises. And if they completely fuck it up guess who gets into power? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 child) Actually, given the past decade or so in practically every country in the world on both sides of the spectrum? No, you don't. You don't have to deliver. You just have to do something, no matter how badly your implementation winds up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 13 points 6 days ago Progress over perfection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* Well that's Berlin - the most liberal city in Germany, reacting to the rightward shift of the country and the most unlikeable centre-right chancellor that the Christian Democrats could find (Merz), but the overall picture isn't that bright. The AfD has done extremely well in Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, getting more votes than any other single party. In Meck-Pomm, the centre-to-left parties will be able to form a government, but in Saxony, there's a good chance that the AfD will work together with a new populist party that split from the leftists and actually get into power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AviAdi@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children) Don't get your hopes up. Now they have to deliver on these promises. And if they completely fuck it up guess who gets into power? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 child) Actually, given the past decade or so in practically every country in the world on both sides of the spectrum? No, you don't. You don't have to deliver. You just have to do something, no matter how badly your implementation winds up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 13 points 6 days ago Progress over perfection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 child) Actually, given the past decade or so in practically every country in the world on both sides of the spectrum? No, you don't. You don't have to deliver. You just have to do something, no matter how badly your implementation winds up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 13 points 6 days ago Progress over perfection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 13 points 6 days ago Progress over perfection permalink fedilink source parent