There are two election cycles in Germany.
If you view the district, state and and EU elections....they occur on a 5-year pace. If you view the federal election, it runs on a 4-year pace.
This week, some discussions in the Bundestag were held. They'd really like to motivate folks to buy into a five-year pace for the federal election.
Public perception? The bulk of Germans (I think)....really don't care. You could introduce some odd deal where it's 4.6-years, and no one would get hyped-up or peeved.
An advantage? The only plus-up I would suggest....you lessen public tensions by adding one extra year into the mix.
Keeping and running a coalition for five years? That's a problem where you continually see a problem pop up and suddenly.....a coalition is hell-bent on dissolving, which would possibly trigger a new election.
If you asked Germans to rank this extra year deal as important? Well...I doubt that they'd put it in the top 1,000 problems to be fixed.
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