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« Reply #800 on: July 08, 2015, 03:41:47 AM »

Problems for Cameron then.

Which "wing" off AFD will stay in the ECR?! Or will they all leave?!

Frauke Petry said that she wants to stay in the ECR.

Where will the ex-AfD MEPs go?
Just become independents? Hard really to see them in any of the other groups.

I guess they will stay in the ECR as well, but Hans-Olaf Henkel, Vice President of the ECR, suggested that von Storch and Pretzell should join Marine Le Pen's group.
Meanwhile former AfD leader Konrad Adam, who was a staunch supporter of Petry, has said that he is thinking about leaving the party.
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« Reply #801 on: July 08, 2015, 02:29:05 PM »

Lucke has now officially left the party.
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« Reply #802 on: July 08, 2015, 03:26:27 PM »

So AFD is now entirely extreme right? Will they change any policies? Will it affect the opinion polls?
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« Reply #803 on: July 08, 2015, 05:11:38 PM »

So AFD is now entirely extreme right? Will they change any policies? Will it affect the opinion polls?

I think nothing will change in the short term, because the party leaders know they can't move the party further to the right without losing massive support. But considering how far right some of their members seem to be, it's possible that they will become a German version of FN in a few years.
Since Lucke will probably found a new party, AfD might lose 2-3% in the polls.
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« Reply #804 on: July 08, 2015, 05:28:12 PM »

What's happened to The AfD state caucuses?
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« Reply #805 on: July 09, 2015, 06:54:05 AM »

Jörn Kruse, chairman of the group in the parliament of Hamburg, wants to stay in the AfD even though he is a member of Bernd Lucke's "Weckruf". He said that he doesn't leave the party, because he wants to continue working with his group, which seems odd to me, because the most members of the AfD Hamburg support Frauke Petry.
In Bremen 3 of the 4 Members of Parliament left the AfD.
Thuringia's AfD group has always been split, so it's likely that the group will lose a few members.
The groups in Saxony and Brandenburg are lead by Petry respectively Gauland, so I guess there won't be any losses.
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« Reply #806 on: July 12, 2015, 05:04:10 AM »

AfD drops to 3% in latest Emnid poll.
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« Reply #807 on: July 12, 2015, 07:12:33 PM »

Btw how is the new LITERALLT STALIN government doing in Thuringia?

(Also, the tail-end of the Green government of BW?)
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« Reply #808 on: July 13, 2015, 03:44:11 PM »

Btw how is the new LITERALLT STALIN government doing in Thuringia?

(Also, the tail-end of the Green government of BW?)
It's working quite smoothly. No gulags and mass executions reported by now. Also key industries like bratwurst manufacturers still in private ownerhsip.
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« Reply #809 on: July 19, 2015, 12:41:32 PM »

Former AfD leader Bernd Lucke and his followers have founded their own party.... the Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, shortened ALFA.
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« Reply #810 on: July 19, 2015, 01:13:38 PM »

Former AfD leader Bernd Lucke and his followers have founded their own party.... the Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, shortened ALFA.

How do we best translate this new party name into English for our English-speaking friends on here ?

"Alliance for Progress & Awakening" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Upswing" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Departure" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Decampment" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Liftoff" ?

Is there any real English term for the word "Aufbruch" ?
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« Reply #811 on: July 19, 2015, 02:06:48 PM »

Former AfD leader Bernd Lucke and his followers have founded their own party.... the Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, shortened ALFA.

I really like Lucke, but this party name is pretty stupid.
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« Reply #812 on: July 19, 2015, 02:32:06 PM »

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Isn't "Incampment" more in line with their ideology? ;-)
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« Reply #813 on: July 19, 2015, 02:57:33 PM »

Alfa? Really going for the RedPiller vote I see, lmao
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« Reply #814 on: July 19, 2015, 04:23:54 PM »

Well, this is disappointing. I can't really see Petry turning AfD into a FN/PVV clone, so I'm not afraid of that, but this rightward turn will surely make it harder for the party to enter parliament, while a sane, Eurocritical alternative to the right of the CDU (which doesn't necessarily have to be FN-like at all; it could also be Tory-like) is not a bad idea at all for the German political landscape and could help address voters' legitimate concerns regarding the "ever closer union".
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« Reply #815 on: July 20, 2015, 10:42:52 AM »

Former AfD leader Bernd Lucke and his followers have founded their own party.... the Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, shortened ALFA.

How do we best translate this new party name into English for our English-speaking friends on here ?

"Alliance for Progress & Awakening" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Upswing" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Departure" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Decampment" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Liftoff" ?

Is there any real English term for the word "Aufbruch" ?

Wikipedia has chosen "renewal" and that sounds rather accurate.
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« Reply #816 on: July 20, 2015, 12:38:00 PM »

Former AfD leader Bernd Lucke and his followers have founded their own party.... the Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, shortened ALFA.

How do we best translate this new party name into English for our English-speaking friends on here ?

"Alliance for Progress & Awakening" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Upswing" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Departure" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Decampment" ?

"Alliance for Progress & Liftoff" ?

Is there any real English term for the word "Aufbruch" ?

Wikipedia has chosen "renewal" and that sounds rather accurate.

Well, I guess they had to choose some word ... Tongue

Even though "renewal" actually means "Erneuerung" and in German that is quite something else than a "Aufbruch".
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« Reply #817 on: July 21, 2015, 01:45:19 PM »

I didn't keep up with the development regarding to the gay marriage bill at the Bundesrat, and I'm not really really knowledgeable about its powers. What happened and what consequences does this have?
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« Reply #818 on: August 02, 2015, 01:19:47 PM »

According to a recent poll, the CDU and CSU could win an absolute majority if an election were held next week.

http://www.firstpost.com/world/germanys-merkel-has-chance-of-absolute-majority-poll-shows-reuters-2375922.html
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« Reply #819 on: August 03, 2015, 01:01:20 PM »

There are also rumors that far from stepping down, Mutti will run for another term in 2017. My guess is that if she lacks an absolute majority she will complete the transformation of her party by entering a coalition with the Greens.
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« Reply #820 on: August 04, 2015, 11:41:25 AM »
« Edited: August 04, 2015, 12:05:57 PM by Old Europe »

Germany's prosecutor general is now an ex-prosecutor general. The justice minister just terminated the employment... officially due to insubordination on the prosecutor's part, unofficially as an excercise in ass-covering.

Background: http://www.dw.com/en/german-justice-minister-maas-terminates-federal-prosecuter-range/a-18625000
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« Reply #821 on: August 19, 2015, 08:14:56 AM »

Greek bailout vote: 63 CDU/CSU dissenters, up from 60 in July, 29 in February and 12 in 2012.
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« Reply #822 on: September 05, 2015, 11:37:20 AM »

Recent polls still have AfD at 4% despite the refugee crisis, that is a bit surprising. Are they keeping a low profile on this?
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« Reply #823 on: September 08, 2015, 03:05:47 PM »

If the media does report on the AfD, it tends to still focus on the infighting. Just like most of its sister parties it has called for the re-introduction of border controls though. http://www.alternativefuer.de/herbstoffensive-2015/
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« Reply #824 on: September 09, 2015, 10:47:28 AM »

     If there was still a CDU/FDP government, would its stance toward the refugee/migrant crisis be any different than what we are seeing?
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