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I agree with your assessments of; Linke AfD, FDP, and CDU, but disagree with your other assessments. Greens are just green, I don’t see any yellow from them. The SPD went through a massive neoliberal shift and have largely abandoned the socialist roots which founded the party in the 1800’s. So they were def mostly orange with some green. And the BSW has green economic policies and Blue social policies, making them both.

https://censor.net/en/news/3521597/pistorius-compares-the-number-of-weapons-produced-by-russia-and-the-eu

And to make it worse, Vladimir Putin has made it explicitly clear that in any future peace negotiations, they get to keep all of the land they annexed. Pete Hegseth in a recent speech said that Ukraine reclaiming this land was highly unlikely, implying that demanding the return of this land was not on the table in upcoming negotiations. I don't know what to say, other than why?!?! The Russian Federation is already the world's largest country in land mass. America has only four time zones, Russia has eleven. And yet, in terms of per capita income, Russia's not just worse of than us or Italy, its worse off than the Maldives or Palau. Its a massive country, with an economy roughly the size of Italy's. Its only economic output, is oil and gas [as well as organized crime, private military mercenaries, and corruption]. And even their oil and gas sector is so lame, that it relies on foreign companies to build the technology to extract oil. Instead of fixing and developing the land we already have, we for some reason need to annex more. Why? Is that going to increase our living standards? Don't we already have enough land and natural resources?

What’s especially tragic is that I don’t predict that Ukraine will ever get its land back. The parts that Russia annexed are too fortified with dragon’s teeth, barbed wire, trenches, mines, etc… and it’s getting too expensive to support Ukraine. Even the NATO general secretary admitted that Russia produces more (military equipment, artillery, and more) in three months than NATO in a year.

I would love if more German users could give their perspectives. What's the situation of the ground in the Fatherland. Why is the AfD so so popular, and with whom? Who are you going to vote for, and why?

Pretty much my schedule. I get all of my news from Russian News TV, but I only check in really once a week to watch for an hour or two, on Sundays, and bits and pieces scattered throughout the week. Anything more than that is a waste of time. Link below is basically where all of my news comes from. https://smotrim.ru/video/2930282 https://smotrim.ru/video/2936101

Bumping this thread, you're absolutely right to post this. America is def backtracking our commitments when the founders drafted the constitution and declaration of independence.

Maybe there's hope for Die Linke, fingers crossed. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-left-party-2025-elections/a-71338903

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Thank you @Beans for casting a vote. I encourage more people on this forum to cast a vote, send this thread to people.

I found this video to be quite funny, definitely worth the watch and definitely my parents when watching the show.

Elon Musk makes a speech for the AfD.

Seat makeup as of now SPD: 207 Greens: 117 CDU: 196 FDP: 90 AfD: 76 Die Linke: 28 BSW: 10

On the twenty-third of February, The Federal Republic of Germany is going to hold parliamentary elections which will decide its new Chancellor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_German_federal_election Watch this video below for full context on who is running and what do they want. There is a big concern in German politics that the far-right party, the AfD, is surging in the polls, and is now estimated to be the second most popular party in Germany. The AfD is best known for its anti-asylum policies and strict closed borders, which is growing more popular as more German women are reporting harassment by migrants and not feeling safe going outside. They support mass deportations, and even [allegedly] support remigration, which is the removal of those of foreign origin back to their ethnic homeland, regardless of citizenship status. The anti-capitalist, Democratic Socialist party, Die Linke, is polling at its all time low, at 5%. Keep in mind, for a party to have seats in the legislator, it needs a minimum of 5% of the votes. Die Linke is different from the Social Democrats, the SPD. SPD is socially democratic and wants to keep the capitalist system, whereas Die Linke wants to do away with the capitalist system all together. But there is hope for them, because there is a populist backlash against the SPD, but that populist rage is directed more towards [in favor of] the AfD. The decline of Die Linke was largely due to their odd pro-Russia stance, which made them unpopular during this time of war. Russia is another huge point of argument. Whether or not to keep importing oil from Russia, to continue to support Ukriane, to allow Ukraine into NATO, is being hotly debated.

No, please, as an American, I'm begging you. You Canadians have such a beautiful thing going on, you don't want our Government.