A poll commissioned by Bild showed that 14% of voters would vote for the Union - the same as for the SPD, which is represented by Chancellor Scholz.
Two more coalition pro-government parties - the Greens and the Free Democrats - would gain 12% and 4%, respectively, in a hypothetical election to the Bundestag.
At the same time, the right-wing Alternative for Germany, which also advocates ending support for Ukraine and accepting Ukrainian refugees, would score 18%.
The next elections to the Bundestag will take place in autumn 2025.
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I don’t know much about German politics but why is the Christian party so popular? Are they the main opposition?
Do you mean the CDU? The christian democrats? They're not so much a Christian party as they are the centrists. "Christian democracy" in Europe did have initial Christian ideology at its center but at this point it's a catch-all term for status quo supporting liberals, especially in central Europe.
Yeah I was talking about the CDU/CSU. I remember learning about Christian democracy and how they seek to uphold the nuclear family and patriarchal structure in that regard. That’s the definition I learned, but like you said, it isn’t actually how it’s done for certain parties.
The Christian democrats in Germany were just at the right place and right time at the end of the cold war to be the universal anti-communist party. They're one of those big tent type liberal (i mean conservative) parties. They've managed to remain so popular ever since because they're the favored party of German manufacturing. Like I remember the CEO of Siemens used to follow around Angela Merkel to international meetings sometimes.
I think the Christian party isn't as theocratic as something named that way would be in America, just as the social democrats aren't very impressively socdem [even as far as that goes]. They are old names that reflect the relative alignment of these parties, such as the nominally Christian party being more conservative, but they aren't a clear statement of values.
For the first time in upwards of a decade as the coalition between green neoliberals, social democrat neoliberals and unabashed neoliberals keeps yucking it up.
They're popular because this is a deeply, DEEPLY conservative country. If it had it's way, we would've never left the 1990s, and that is the promise the CxU delivers. Nothing ever changes.
Don't know enough to say either.