From early AM to late PM...Monday....just a awful lot of hype and discussion in Germany over the EU vote. Center point? I would say three things:
1. The experts all expected up until Sunday night results...that the AfD Party (far-right) would be damaged by events over the past three months and news media efforts.
They were wrong.
Painfully obvious....in eastern Germany....AfD was very dominant.
2. Lot of talk over the idea of Germany calling for a early election (fall 2025 would be the normal cycle). Most of this idea is linked to France's call for early elections.
Could Germany handle the early election? Maybe, but it'd be a painful thing for the Greens to enter (their polling is a lot less than it was 4 years ago).
3. Youth-vote (16/17 year olds) went way off from what the news media was expecting.....fair number went to AfD.
My general question....even if you had a snap-election in Germany....would it really change or improve anything (like the economy)?
Germans going to heavily view the French snap-election? Oh yeah. Scheduled? 30 June for round one, and 7 July for the final vote. This will be hyped up a good bit.
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