I'm often fascinated by the German model of building goverment coalitions....where two or three parties are forced into a partnership....to lead a state or the nation itself.
So.....a matter left over from the weekend....INSA did a poll and it shows that in the Thurginia and Brandenburg state elections (in the fall).....presently, no gov't coalition is possible without either connecting to the AfD or the new Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Party.
The fact that AfD is likely ahead of all other parties in either state....does NOT mean that they will win and form a coalition. If no one wishes to partner-up....the 2nd place winner gets the chance....in this case....the CDU. However....with the numbers now showing....the CDU would be forced to partner with the BSW Party.
The fact that the CDU leans right-of-center and the BSW folks are on both sides of left and right? Yeah, this is hard to imagine how this coalition talk would go.
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