As a German: We never had a decent government, at least in the 20 years of my adult life

@joesmith3590

11 ай бұрын

Look at history. This is one of the better ones relatively. You usually have to fight a war every 20 to 50 years due to it getting so bad. It is amazing considering you guys are smart and work hard but nothing can overcome bad government. It is usually from the citizens being low info and low accountability not smart and good ethics and simply overconfident and ending in bad choices always though

@kfirdrake8711

11 ай бұрын

Look at the bright side, it's better than the one you had in 1945

@Milan-lr2hf

11 ай бұрын

@@kfirdrake8711 at least the people were more in charge or better said the politicians listened

@LoGStein

11 ай бұрын

@@Milan-lr2hf Are you joking? Did most of the population really want all jews to be killed? Most likely not. And if they actually did want that, that would be the best example that you shouldn't always listen to the people.

@p3archil313

11 ай бұрын

Schon wieder nur am labern diese leute. Es geschieht uns allen recht mit dem was uns die aktuelle Regierung alles antut . Vorallem solchen leuten die vor zwei jahren gesagt haben merkel muss weg......

I guess this is just a general trend that always happens everywhere. Governing will make you less popular, because you are responsible for the decisions you've made. And people will always remember the negative more than the positive.

@whiteraven550

Жыл бұрын

You are not only responsible for the decisions you make but for everything that happens (or takes effect) during the time you are in office. Many of the hardships that Germany faces right now are not the result of bad politics by the "Ampel" coalition but are coming from a long time of bad political decisions in the past. As well as political decisions made in other countries, which are mostly outside of what Germany could influence.

@philipseibert9002

Жыл бұрын

Yeah right now the CDU/CSU is all to happy pretending al lot of the hardships facing germans right now are all thanks to the Ampel coalition and not the decisions the previous CDU SPD coalition made, which are now taking effect

@whiteraven550

Жыл бұрын

@@philipseibert9002 they know damn well that it's thier fault. But admitting to have made bad decisions is never good in politics. Instead of risking votes by admitting what they did wrong they blame someone else and are able to politically profit from it. This kind of political tactics should be a red flag for every potential voter, but apparently it isn't...

@SyBo27

Жыл бұрын

That's true, but in this case it is made even worse by the fact the Green Party and the FDP are ideologically so far apart. So any compromise they make leads to voters of both parties being dissatisfied. Voters of the FDP have to deal with most of the coalition being left wing, so they don't have that much influence. That leads to them moving over to the next best thing, which is the CDU or Afd. On the other hand voters of the Green party complain that their measures against climate change aren't going far enough, but there is really no other party they can go to, other than the SPD, which is already part of the government or the far left party. All in all the SPD is the only coalition party that is still able to relatively closely follow what voters expect.

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

@@whiteraven550 So killing the housing market with the new energy law was a good idea?

What bothers me beyond belief is the Alzheimer's memory of the voters. The current government is struggling with problems that have been left lying around for 16 years that are so large and enormous that it will take decades or a lot of money to somehow manage them. And because all the problems are now being tackled and 16 years of lobby politics has shaped the everyday life and behavior of many people, the population is not happy with the events that are coming their way. Instead, they want the party again that does nothing but put tax money in their own pockets or burn it while people are slowly getting worse.

@riskinhos

Жыл бұрын

how exactly they put tax money on their own pockets?

@glurakg.ravdrac3281

Жыл бұрын

@@riskinhos i think that comment was about they Union (CDU/CSU) who are known to be corrupt in many cases („Maskenaffäre“, Julia Klöckner and Nestlé, Axel Voss in the EU Parliament, Philipp Amthor and lobbyism, Andreas Scheuer‘s „PKW-Maut“, etc.). Yet, during their 16 years of governing, we fell behind in Education, infrastructure, especially for Internet, and effectively killed Bundeswehr through spending cuts.

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

@@glurakg.ravdrac3281 Education is organized by the states and not by the federal gouvernment. The states with Red-green gouvernment are as always the worst in every ranking whereas CDU/CSU states like Bavaria and Saxony are at the top. Baden-Württemberg declined horribly after we got a Green Ministre president

@glurakg.ravdrac3281

Жыл бұрын

@@ravanpee1325 Well alright i guess, „Bildung ist Ländersache“. Main point of this was the part about corruption. Minister of Education in Baden Wurttemberg was a CDU politician in Kretschmann II cabinet, it’s only since 2021 that it is a green politician.

@nnnik3595

Жыл бұрын

@@riskinhos Several methods - they had several corruption scandals going for themselves. Look up Andreas Scheuer for example.

Honestly the part about selling critical infrastucture to China is the most mind-boggling part. You'd think after Ukraine, they'd learn not to trade with petty tyrant governments.

@JIinuX

Жыл бұрын

SPD never learns. Look what their previous chancellor is doing

@fatdogonsand6816

Жыл бұрын

Thats why they only sold a smaller part of the harbour.

@thrawn555

Жыл бұрын

Everyone was really angry about this decision here. This is just corruption, nothing else

@Ninjaananas

Жыл бұрын

@@JIinuX The new chancellor is doing something?

@dalfokane

Жыл бұрын

China is not a petty tyrant government. Less petty than tyrant, that is.

I am German and in my opinion one of the main problems of the current government: the endless fighting between the parties (especially between the FDP and the Greens). It feels like they are fighting about everything, even about things that were already decided in the coalition agreement. The only thing they both agreed on was tanks for Ukraine (where they put pressure on the SPD). but since that's gone, there's almost nothing they can agree on and thereby blocking government projects Most of the time, the FDP starts the fights, because it has lost massively in almost all state elections since 2021.

@gameofender4463

Жыл бұрын

Which is why I don’t believe coalition governments work, at least as not as well as a single party government. More gets done, rightly or wrongly when only one party has power. As a non-German we’re sick and tired of Germany militarily holding us back. It looks weak and cowardly. Germany has the largest population/economy in Europe and should be more assertive in throwing its opinion around.

@jakubblaha4904

Жыл бұрын

Ofcourse they are fighting, FDP is relatively right/centre-right with preferring economic liberalism ...while Greens are, well, green eco clowns that struggle to think past their ideology about the consequences Unless youre a slimy spineless snake, you cant simply cant work with the other party because its the opposite of your almost every ideal

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

​@@FightTheByte_ it confuses me that comments like that don't end in a "/s". who can write bullshit like that unironically?

@Doyourbest4245

Жыл бұрын

Nothing to say about the hundreds of thousands of illegals siphoning off of your welfare system? 🙄 Typical German: so full of self-hatred over the past that you cannot see the issue for what it actually is.

@atruv2089

Жыл бұрын

@@FightTheByte_ Just because you don't know how reconciliation & remembrance of past mistakes work doesn't mean it's "pathological guilt".

"triggering something of a panic" is a nice way to say that BILD actively created the panic with false claims about the proposal ;)

@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017

Жыл бұрын

"F*** BILD, all my homies hate BILD"

@tangomike1306

Жыл бұрын

BILD is the German FOX

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

The energy proposal is horribly for every renter or someone who ones a house

@marceldavislelolo

Жыл бұрын

No its not

@readisgooddewaterkant7890

Жыл бұрын

You cant trust der bild

Most people recognize that Schulz was elected as an administrator, not as a leader.

@notroll1279

Жыл бұрын

Scholz was elected because CDU had presented a candidate whom even many conservative leaning voters considered incompetent and dangerously sloppy.

@hannofranz7973

Жыл бұрын

​@@notroll1279 Absolutely right. The general feeling was that the options were even worse but there wasn't much conviction that Scholz would be a good chancellor.

@germanyhamburger5552

Жыл бұрын

Not really Scholz is bringing out some reforms under his party, especially for the middle class. Without him, many in Germany would still work for 9€ instead of 12€. He pulled that up like that. The parties were always at loggerheads when they discuss for a raising of a few cents.

@notroll1279

Жыл бұрын

@@germanyhamburger5552 Minimum wages don't create wealth, they just outlaw low payments. So while some may now be paid higher wages, others may find no job at all. It's a sad fact that if a "progressive education" leads to around 10% functional analphabets, a society will either have to accept a low wage segment in its labour market or it will make those people unemployable and have to feed them through transfer payments.

@___alessandro.007

Жыл бұрын

💯AfD💯

What's gone wrong? Everything. The entirity of Europe has been in crisis mode ever since February 2022, which was only three months after they started governing. Add to that that the FDP has done nothing but blocking any meaningful legislation in the recent months and the very unfortunate picture the greens have left in the public and you get the situation the coalition is in now.

@carlosandleon

Жыл бұрын

West is always in crisis mode every 50 years or so, it's nothing new and always temporary

@ulrichbrodowsky5016

Жыл бұрын

And that the SPD has lost about half it's voters within the last 20 years. I think they only got a good result, because the CDU/CSU was on a short time low

@nsl_black8053

Жыл бұрын

Also the CDU has managed to shift blame for many shortcomings that have arose over the last 16 years of their governance onto the new government, like the terrible state the army is in or the exit out of nuclear energy

@dpt6849

Жыл бұрын

Greens are commies

@thejecs8

Жыл бұрын

Since 2022? I think since COVID-19, every new year since 2020 has a new problem to resolve and all of them are piling up. I'm pretty sure that the next recession will be far harder than the one from 2008. Maybe we'll even enter a new economic depression.

While there are certainly iffy choices and things particular to the individual parties and their issues (I could go into this more but that's not the point) it's worth remembering that this is a government presiding over a time of crisis, rising costs of living etc. and it is extremly likely that whoever would be in government would be very unpopular right now simply because you get assosciated with all the negatives for all sides. This is not an atypical thing. Especially in germany where so many of the issues (i.e. overdependence on russian gas, slow technological adaption, power of certain companies) were issues that have been left to grow and entrench themselves over decades. And whoever is governing would be faced with trying to solve something that is extremly complex to solve and impossible to solve quickly.

@seeibe

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind, though, unlike the US where there's one party that's gone completely off the rails, the parties in Germany aren't that fundamentally different. No party will ever make a coalition with AfD (for history reasons if not common sense), so whoever is in charge would pretty much make similar choices to handle the crisis. I think the bigger change will not be how any particular party is seen, but rather a change in the perception of the country and the societal contract.

@sven1131

Жыл бұрын

@@seeibe never say never. In some way i can see the horrible future where CDU and AFD will make a coalition

@hanpol2053

Жыл бұрын

@@sven1131 I agree, I can see a future, were The CDU has to govern with the greens. That will work for maybe 2 years before the infighting start and the really conservative or reactionary jump ship, because the CDU has to side with the greens on some issues causing a bigger disconnect between base and leadership.

@-haclong2366

Жыл бұрын

People literally made the same excuses for the S.P.D. back in the 1920's, if they haven't learned it in the past 100 years, they won't learn it now.

@caterpie911

11 ай бұрын

A time of crisis they were instrumental in constructing and are doing nothing to improve, instead doing all they can to worsen it. Who has printed money like there's no tomorrow and still is? Who leaves borders wide open and then complains about the housing market? Who deliberately refuses to buy cheap energy all the while destroying energy infrastructure on purpose?

Isn't it normal that incumbents tend to suffer drop in poll after election? The result of the last German federal election was pretty much decided by circumstantial factors 1 - 2 months leading up to the vote, which kind of makes me wonder whether the polls 2 years ahead of next election tells us anything about what is to come.

As a German, I never expected Olaf Scholz to get reelected as cancelor. The SPD only got more votes that the CDU/CSU because the latter party was doing particularly poorly at that moment. In the long run, the SPD isn't as popular. (Not that the CDU/CSU is doing particularly well either, but at least not as bad)

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

The issue with the CDU is that they failed to find a competent replacement for Merkel. They had few, and all of them turned to be incompetent or crooked (to use a term by a former US president)

@ulrichbrodowsky5016

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 True

@idkwhatsgoingon4584

Жыл бұрын

​​@@todortodorov940 as an American, I have to ask if you think Soder should have been picked instead the Cdu guy (idk how to spell his name), I asked on a Germany Reddit and most of the complaints ended up him being a politician, and Bavarian

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

@@idkwhatsgoingon4584 There are two questions: 1. Both the CDU and the SPD guy were incompetent and useless. Here, the best would have been to persuade Merkel to take another turn - but really, *there is no solution* . None of the two had the skills nor the integrity that Merkel had. 2. When talking about ideology, the CDU had a more stable approach to the country, trying to ensure stability. The SPD wanted to do a lot of reforms, and what they've done may be good for few individuals, but damaging Germany's future.

@idkwhatsgoingon4584

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 I mean you didn't mention Soder the Csu guy that was going against the Cdu guy, but your saying the best chance Cdu/Csu had would have been was trying to convince Merkel to stay

For everyone who think coalitions don’t work. They do! But not this coalition. How you wanna make politics for poor people, for ecology, for rich people and for car driver? Impossible

The polls aren't great but you really shouldn't overrate their importance so ealry in the election cycle. I would say that Scholz is decently popular all things considered and maybe people will rather see him continue as chancellor than any of the alternatives in 2025. When the election rolls around it becomes a head to head battle between the candidates and it is not obvious to me that someone like Merz will beat him. Germans also like stability and I feel like the incumbent has an even bigger advantage than elsewhere

@sizanogreen9900

Жыл бұрын

I feel like many people tend to forget the circumstances under which they have governed. They brought us reasonably well through the years of crisis that filled their period in power until now. At least I have no doubt that we would have been far worse off under the CDU who wouldn't want to do anything until it was too late while trying to fill their own and their business friends pockets. If we really elect the CDU next term with *MERZ* of all people leading it we as a people really deserve a darwin award.

@Hallo-it5hn

Жыл бұрын

​@@sizanogreen9900 I agree with you, but I believe they will get credit for that once its election time and people start to really think about their vote. That's why current polls are not that important. Most people don't think about politics too much and just give their default answer without giving it a second thought

@sizanogreen9900

Жыл бұрын

@@Hallo-it5hn I sure hope so.

@windwaker0rules

Жыл бұрын

"Whats gone wrong for the german government" vs "Is Sunak going to win 2025" basically explains the coverage.

@davinnicode

Жыл бұрын

@@sizanogreen9900 Do you really think that there would be such a big difference in the political outcome with Merz at the top? I don't see it at all. Merz is just a figure which is detested by the left because he occasionally says some supposedly strange things but in reality is as tame as it could be since the CDU still lives in Merkel wonderland. There aren't even that many differences between the SPD and CDU in today's political landscape.

This has already been said but I have to stress this again: It was the CDU, that made Germany dependent on Russian gas. It was the CDU, that did not invest in Germany's railways. It was the CDU, that did not invest in digital infrastructure, a mistake that will cost Germany for a long time... It was the CDU, that did not invest into the German defences. It was the CDU, that did very little to support pensioners or low income households. In the last 16 years the CDU was the main ruling party, in coalition with the SPD and one term with the FDP, they did absolutely nothing, even when the economy was flourishing, apart from putting money in their own or their friends pockets. Now the economy is suffering and geopolitics is a mess, naturally things aren't all good but it could be better, without 16 years of CDU...

@mohamedheader4373

Жыл бұрын

Concerning the first point, not even the rest yet: Does the name Schröder ring a bell for you?

@einbaerchen2995

Жыл бұрын

@@mohamedheader4373 Yes, at the time importing rather cheap gas from Russia seemed like a good idea. Infact West-Germany was importing gas from the Soviets since the 70s. But the CDU kept buying more and more gas from Russia, even after the annexation of the Krim (to be fair, global reaction on that topic were pretty mild). And after abandoning nuclear power they slowed the progress of renewable energy sources. Germany was world leading in developing and manufacturing of wind turbines and photovoltaic but when the construction of such facilities was impeded by the government those companies left Germany and the EU and moved to China, as the market was much larger there. The worst part about that move is the loss of intellectual property. Nowadays building a single wind turbine in Germany requires about ten large binders full of paperwork, when it required one small binder in the early 2000s. In Germany something undesired by the government isn't simply forbidden, it is made so difficult and annoying, that no one wants to do it, by creating tons of administrative work.

@DeathByStupidity9

Жыл бұрын

All together with the SPD.

@einbaerchen2995

Жыл бұрын

@@DeathByStupidity9 do you actually want to say the SPD did anything in that time? That party was absolutely useless and basically did nothing, that's why there was almost no political debate in the coalition, even though the parties generally had different views on certain topics. The SPD wasn't a strong political entity then and it isn't now.

@DeathByStupidity9

Жыл бұрын

@@einbaerchen2995 They were very eager to kiss Merkels feet to keep the scraps of power they had. Minderheitenregierung was always an option but they choose to bent the knee and go GroKo.

0:11 FYI The flower within the logo of the greens is yellow not white.

Most parties will lose vote share after getting into government. That is pretty normal.

@dendradwar9464

Жыл бұрын

true .. but not as this level ..

@riskinhos

Жыл бұрын

not true.

@peterfmodel

Жыл бұрын

There is an element of truth to that, but the Greens and SPD have seen some of their past core decisions seen as making the current problems significantly greater. The SPD were possible the most pro-Russian party in the past and that do not sit well with many people these days. The Greens pushed the CDU to close the nuclear power plants, which also does not sit well. The CDU benefits from their bad past decisions linked to a leader who is no longer around, such as the immigration policy, agreeing with the greens on nuclear shut downs, allowing the military to decay and also being very pro-Russian in order to get cheap gas for business. The Russian invasion has basically stuffed everything up and the main benefit will probably go to AfD and CDU. Its an example where external events can really cause major issues. Dies ist ein sehr gutes Beispiel für Shadenfrueden.

@karstenschuhmann8334

Жыл бұрын

@@riskinhos It is not always true, but it is absolutely true most of the time.

@karstenschuhmann8334

Жыл бұрын

@@dendradwar9464 Well, we should not jump to conclusions, I do not think our government has shown the ideal performance in recent years, there is room to improve. But more than this, the current changes in heating are connected to large insecurities within Germany. I think it is in principle a good policy for many reasons: 1. It reduces our CO2 footprint. 2. It makes us less dependent from gas deliveries. 3. It is the cheapest way to go in the long term. But there are issues to be ironed out, but there is time to do so until the next general election. Ideally, it would have been instituted directly after the new government came into power, but it is a policy based on the current situation of the war in Ukraine.

Correction/Opinion: Supporting nuclear power is NOT a "non-green" political stance. It is the SAFEST, lowest carbon, lowest pollution energy source in the country. Just because "die grünen" dont like it doesnt mean that it isnt green technology.

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

True, but the Greens have a veto and will sabotage nuclear at any cost, even if this means the demise of Germany.

@till_teewurst8674

Жыл бұрын

Safest? How can nuclear power be safer than solar and wind... Apart from that the energy source lies in Russia, not Germany. Also it's not really reliable, as could be seen in France last summer, it's one of the most expensive energies and has just played a very minor role in recent years

@julianescobar2395

Жыл бұрын

Based!

@Wilhelmofdeseret

Жыл бұрын

@@till_teewurst8674 no it’s not necessarily safest unless you too take into account the hazardous mining of rare earth minerals for solar panels and the people who die as a result of that and exploitative policies. Nuclear is definitely the most reliable energy source and that’s fact. The only thing possibly more reliable is hydroelectric.

@catie1899

Жыл бұрын

Nuclear power is the most dangerous and pollutive energy we have. It's never been green, and to pretend otherwise is stupid. You simply can't ignore the bill you gotta pay for it with incidents, disasters and dealing with nuclear waste.

I can't help but believe that the SPD and CDU will come to some kind of coalition agreement if the Government falls

@JustMe-pb9ep

Жыл бұрын

hopefully the CDU will remember their roots and oppose the SPD and govern with the AfD instead

@mats9813

Жыл бұрын

Come on, it‘s Germany, our governments do not „fall“. We elect every 4 years, so the Ampel has about 2 years left.

@xaverlustig3581

11 ай бұрын

With current poll figures, they wouldn't have a majority.

@nieselregen420

11 ай бұрын

​@@xaverlustig3581Still 2 years left. I will never vote for CDU. And I hope the Green Party stays consequent and never ever goes into coalition with them after their "opposition work". We might have a situation were we fail to form a coalition soon.

@xaverlustig3581

11 ай бұрын

@@nieselregen420 I hope the Green party will never be part of any coalition ever again.

I love it when my one neighbour informs me about the other 😂❤

Everything!

The poll dynamics are very common for the most western countries, with the populus permanently critical and unsatisfied: In the midterm the opposition scores much better, often wins elections and the entire system is paralyzed. And so it goes. Only Italians do it differently and change government faster that you change bed sheets. So to answer your headline: The Government is not failing any more than usual.

@nostro1940

Жыл бұрын

"the populus" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

@rolfviehmann6240

Жыл бұрын

German guy here: Sorry, but the concept of a "midterm election" is something uniquely American, we don't have anything comparable in Germany. The only thing that can be be thought of somewhat similar is that each of our 16 states has elections for their state governments once every few years (but not all states at the same time), and the parties that can be elected in the state elections are typically (but not always) the same as in the federal elections, so if a state government changes after an election in this state, it can make life easier or harder for the federal government. But the big difference is that these state elections are distributed through the years, they are not synchronized, and are not (or only seldomly) in the middle of a federal election cycle. So, it's a very different system. Also, a party can be part of the governing coalition on a federal level, but be part of the opposition in some states at the same time. Also, not each party is even present in every state, for example, the CSU exists only in Bavaria, and nowhere else. The CDU on the other hand is present in every state but Bavaria. I also don't understand how and why this makes sense, but Germany is a complex place. But the one benefit of our system is that a party can't talk and act like the other parties are evil and should never be trusted, since you can never know which other parties will be part of your coalition at some point in time. This keeps the debates more civilized and the country less divided. Fun fact: Yes, it can even happen that a party splits into two, or two parties merge completely, both has already happened in the past. It is perfectly acceptable.

@nostro1940

Жыл бұрын

@@rolfviehmann6240 a German saying "fun fact" is a fun fact in itself

@davinnicode

Жыл бұрын

@@rolfviehmann6240 "But the one benefit of our system is that a party can't talk and act like the other parties are evil and should never be trusted, since you can never know which other parties will be part of your coalition at some point in time. This keeps the debates more civilized and the country less divided." Do you even remember the Thuringia elections?

@baraka629

11 ай бұрын

That is not true. Under Merkel we had a very long period of stability, and while there were certainly dissatisfactions here and there with their government, they were overall stable in polling in the long run. At least, until Merkel decided to unilaterally open up Europe's borders, inviting unprecedented volumes of migrants into the block while not even being voted into office by any other member of the block except Germany.

As a German, it was clear to me from the beginning that this government would have a hard time. Two economically left-wing parties (the Greens and the SPD, which want to increase public spending and the taxes) are forming a coalition with a party (the FDP) that wants exactly the opposite. Two non-ideological parties (SPD and FDP) form a coalition with the ideological Greens. It is absolutely logical that this all leads to permanent tensions.

@Nishisaki405

Жыл бұрын

@@diegoyuiop literally mentioned in the video that they do not and that the spd took massive amounts of pressure from the other two to bend and help Ukraine/ put more pressure on Chinese investments.

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

The Greens are ideology as hell, what are you talking about. More than 100.000€ cost for everyone who ones a house...

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

two non-ideological parties????? you list the FDP? those are the people proposing efuels, burning hydrogen in gas furnaces and buy bullshit marketing stunts like the hyperloop. I'm so confused that this framing of ideological and non-ideological is bought by anyone.

@nanatzaya

Жыл бұрын

The Greens and the SPD arent economically left, they are at most left leaning. They still encourage a free, but somewhat social, market but are against nationalization and arent even trying to implement significant restrictions on capital markets and other key industries, mostly because of lobbying and public pressure and, ironically, out of fear of being percieved as left wing because BILD and other conservative actors poisoned the term "left", most recently seen by Scholz calling peaceful protests "completely insane" though solidarity with strikes and peaceful protest should be in the DNA of the party.

@xaverlustig3581

11 ай бұрын

On what planet are the Greens left wing??

Tldr needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

well, common trend in EU or at least in Finland. Center-Left => Center-Right => Center-Left

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

Yeah but we’ll have to see if it tips.. AfD is not center right but far right and right now we only have 2 opposition parties that are both conservative and make everything seem like the end of the world

This is interesting, because in our country Czech Republic we have government of 5 parties where 2 of them are conservative, 3 liberal, 3 centre-rightist, 1 centrist and 1 centere-leftist. And they all have some, sometimes significant difference in their views on how to do things and Czech Republic is going through similar problems as Germany. A while ago they made heavy compromise agreement about changing taxes (some raising, some lowering and more) and pension reform. Both are very unpopular, but unlike in Germany our goverment is more successful in cooperating together, even though things take them a while to make. Why? I think major difference is that all 5 parties united against common enemy, opposition populist party called ANO, that was in goverment before them. They take themselves as democratic parties, while opposition is threat for democracy and coalition with any opposition party is unacceptable.

@krystof9826

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the difference between the German government parties is far greater than in the Czech coalition - social democracy, the greens and right-wing liberals seem like a pretty wild combination to me. Moreover, I agree that the Czech government is, to an extent, unanimous thanks to the threat of ANO, but I don't consider it to be very healthy, because it shields them from much criticism just because the populist billionaire Babiš is the only alternative.

@connorh2215

Жыл бұрын

@@krystof9826 as an outsider why is ANO such a threat that such a coalition was formed?

@krystof9826

Жыл бұрын

@@connorh2215 It's a one man's catch-all movement led by an oligarch Babiš, who is using his immense wealth, media ownership and aggresive populist rhetoric to gain political power. It is true that during his government, Czech democracy was not in such imminent danger as some like to claim. However, his lies, scandals and constant abuse of dividing topics to earn cheap votes (migration, the EU, and lately Ukraine) mobilized other parties and voters against him. He then tried to succeed in the presidental election, but failed against the government-endorsed candidate Petr Pavel.

@TheDarkCeratosaurus

Жыл бұрын

in which party is your current leader, petr pavel?

@krystof9826

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDarkCeratosaurus Independent. He is a former NATO general who was endorsed, but not nominated by several government parties. He was one of the candidates nominated by citizens (you need 50 000 people to sign your petition).

non-issue, it's more than 2 years to next federal election

@Haris1

Жыл бұрын

There are still state elections which affect the politics in germany

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

​@@Haris1 which have completely different trends like we've seen in bremen last week

@Haris1

Жыл бұрын

@@homeape. Sometimes yes. But the CDU chapter in Bremen isnt the best and the AFD couldnt participate so the gov literally had no effective opposition

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

​@@Haris1 so what you're saying is that the federal trend isn't easily transferable to local elections. got you.

@shercrox8650

Жыл бұрын

@@homeape. "Completely different trends" like that AfD is in east germany the strongest political power. Face it. The current german government is divisive and strengthened the politicial extremes.

4:46 was funny and uncomfortable moment

I saw this one coming

I am not sure if its because I am growing older and have more experience with society in general or if they are actually really really bad because its the first time I am noticing very bad governing.

@Gaphalor

11 ай бұрын

No it's really that bad. They make policies against our biggest income sources, the industry, and then they try to micromanage into people's life's like crazy. Pair this with ideological retardation and incompetence on a personal level of many members our government, no real plan to provide young people the ability to build something up and create a prosperous life and families. No they get taxed into submission, inflation and housing prices will give them the rest. Bye bye German future. Inform yourself about Japan's lost generation, that's what's upon us. A generation of young people without prospects to ever have a prosperous life and a family. Depression will skyrocket, suicide will skyrocket and poverty will skyrocket, and the greens will try to save the world while destroying the future of their own countrymen.

Good video. These videos save time because I don't have to watch the daily bickering on the news.

Soon even the people in Germany will say: "At least were not speaking German".

Yes!

When the problems came up, we had CDU, when they grew we had CDU, when they got out of control we had CDU and we have CDU now. For 20+ years I have listened to these people promise me every 4 years that they will fix it and today is the worst the problem has ever been, like every day

@Babs-md6dt

8 ай бұрын

Wir hatten nie die CDU alleine. Es gab immer eine Koalition. Entweder mit den Grünen oder der SPD.

Extending the life of nuclear reactors is probably the greenest thing you can do. If Bild tried to spin that negatively, then it was probably not an honest article they wrote about it.

@zhufortheimpaler4041

Жыл бұрын

not quite. The reactors were at the end of their lifetime without major overhauls, wich would take them offline for 6-12 months each. Also due to the CDU and FDP made law of nuclear exit, there was no more fuel ordered and employee contracts were not prolonged. Fuel orders take around 12-18 months for delivery of fuel rod assemblys to be delivered. Then there is the problem that the staff had already planned their careers after the nuclear exit and have new jobs etc. You cant run a nuclear reactor without fuel or staff. And the continuation for 3 months beyond the deadline cost the german taxpayer about 3 billion €. not really cost effective nor sustainable. Also 40% of german nuclear fuel is imported from russia (the same with every EU country and UK) And of the remaining 60%, the half is imported from stable regions like Niger in the Sahel Zone, where jihadist terrorists afiliated to ISIS gain more and more power since 2010. Its just no option.

@slavianalbanovich9025

Жыл бұрын

@@zhufortheimpaler4041 you tell a lot of lies and you justify mistakes with more mistakes. Germany's initial mistake was precisely to interrupt nuclear energy from the very beginning. The truth is as of today Germany has the worst energy policies in Europe. Luckily most European nations don't want to make the same mistakes as the German government and the pro-nuclear coalition is bigger than the German-led pro-coal breakfast.

@betelgeux6010

11 ай бұрын

@@zhufortheimpaler4041 this hoax is still going strong. wow, people really do forget fast. it was the red-green coalition of 2002 who put nuclear exit into legislation, not black-yellow

@flolow6804

11 ай бұрын

Mate, you dont know the german Greens. I dont know what their problem is, but many in this party would rather see coal power than nuclear power (and thats exactly what they pushed thrue)

@zhufortheimpaler4041

11 ай бұрын

@@flolow6804 and that is not correct. The german greens are forced to increase coal power, because the previous conservative governments massively increased dependency on russian gas. they didnt shut down the nuclear powerplants, but only enacted legislation that was already set in stone before they came to power. the decision to continue using nuclear power in germany would have required a 3/4 majority in parliament to change the relevant law and that decision would have needed to be done in 2018-2020. Before the current government came to power.

Short answer: everything

Well, some people actually blame the government for failing to change the gravitational constant of the universe.

@greyghost2492

Жыл бұрын

What might that gravitational constant be, exactly? the Green's and SPD's own sheer incompetence?

@apolloaerospace7773

Жыл бұрын

@@greyghost2492 To which SPD and green voters are going to reply:"The incompetence of allying with the most useless party in the parliament". This is really not helpful.

@DSAK55

Жыл бұрын

American believe they have a God given right to be fat, dumb and happy

@alm9322

Жыл бұрын

Since when is closing nuclear power plants and being a p*ssy to Russia the "gravitational constant of the universe"? You've just elected a really bad government, with one of the most corrupted parties in whole Europe in charge, and now you're trying to cope.

@WiseOwl_1408

Жыл бұрын

And some support it no matter what. What is your point

5:33 god forbid the German government does something reasonable and responsible

Man it's almost like taxing the top less makes everything worse or something.

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

? What are you talking about blud

Germany has in reality 3 chancellors who have different interests. There is no unified goal. How can you run a country like this?

@Au_Ra804

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget the 1 president that does literally nothing. You never hear them or see them. Half my life I didn't even know we had something like a president in Germany until someone said it and I was so confused.

German politics are politics of appearences...we do something now to appear "virtuous" and think later if it actually is and how it works out.

Good video but you made a very big mistake by labeling “extending the life of nuclear reactors” as a “not so green” policy, given the fact that nuclear is probably the greenest of all energy sources

@Matthew-li7we

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but for some reason a lot of these "green" parties and their supporters see nuclear in a negative light and don't consider them "real" green alternatives. They actually tend to be fairly hostile. Doesn't make any logical sense, but fear of nuclear energy is a massive roadblock to a sustainable energy future. Not just for Germany but the whole world.

@iamthinking2252_

Жыл бұрын

It’s just that the Greens party over there was founded in opposition to nuclear Doesn’t mean that they don’t want to transition out of coal - they still want to speed up Germany’s transition But in the very short term, well…

@MrInsdor

Жыл бұрын

that is not the perception in germany though the green movement here has strong roots in anti-nuclear ideals which overwrite low-carbon ideals for most of them sadly

@plainText384

Жыл бұрын

For a long time the core of the Green party Anti-nuclear and anti-war. CO2-neutrality becoming the single most important issue is a more recent shift.

CDU was lucky to not be in government for the crisis times in the economy worldwide situation and they can blame the bad situation as bad leadership of SPD meanwhile the greens are in the government during the rollout of the greatest expansion of coal since the existence of the party ( what they would have said if they were still opposition i wonder ? ) , FDP is in government when most german heavy industry is either shutting down or moving out of country. i wonder why they do so bad?

@kingace6186

Жыл бұрын

But to be fair a part of the reason the cost of living crisis is hitting Germany so hard is because the CDU spearheaded a policy of energy dependence on Russia instead of spending that time looking for alternatives. Then again, the Green Party calls themselves "green" but they lobby for nuclear power to be exempt from the EU's green subsidies; being picky about renewable energy despite going through a cost of living crisis.

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

What? Like the CDU was not in power during the financial crisis of the 00's or the Greek debt crisis.

@kaanboztepe

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 did CDU not lose to SPD in 2002 ?

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

@@kaanboztepe Yes, they did. The events I mentioned took place after the 2002 election, and after the 2005 election, where CDU regained power.

@baronbrummbar8691

Жыл бұрын

the CDU wanted a balance of nuclear and reneawables and gas - then the greens and SPD pushed them to abandon nuclear

To me it felt like the FDP so far has just blocked or limited almost all of the government's attempts at change.

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

The greens are killing the living standard of the middle class

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

​@@ravanpee1325 bullshit comments brought to you by the average wutbürger

@SkyrimCZtutorials

Жыл бұрын

No wonder considering what Greens are doing and considering that ... families connected to Greens kinda ... make a buck on current policies.

@gdf_6c

Жыл бұрын

"FDP" is the acronym in Portuguese for "son of a b*tch". Sounds fitting.

@ravanpee1325

Жыл бұрын

@@gdf_6c Therefore we don't need to wonder why Portugal is poor as a third world country

When the CDU/CSU is in power don't expect anything to change. That difficult task is always left for the SPD which is never popular. And the FDP? Some kind of leftover from the neoliberalism. Nobody knows what they are useful for.

@_jpg

Жыл бұрын

Well, the FDP is ironically comparable to a speed bumper

@phantomlordmxvi

Жыл бұрын

The FDP keeps the SPD and greens in check with not implementing too much socialist policies that will further doom Germany!

@vonKraehe

Жыл бұрын

And precisely because the CDU doesn't change anything, I'm now vote for AFD. But yes, the FDP died in 2013 and is now just a cult around Christian Lindner

@jan-lukas

Жыл бұрын

Most other parties can actually stay in office sometimes, while the FDP just always drops to ~5% if it gets into office once. It's only an option for the rich

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

@@jan-lukasWhat a bullshit view. It’s like saying SPD is only for HartzIV recipients.. FDP has an emphasis on economy bc a better economy also allows for mor public spending, it’s really not that hard. And if you wanna act like only the FDP work with lobbyists then you’re utterly lost

This is the worst Government we ever had.

@PoschiUnavailable

11 ай бұрын

Lol, CDU/SPD was way worse, i have the feeling people like you have no idea what the current government managed to change in their short amount of time. Especially compared to the Merkel Government we are in light speed mode. And this while there is a war in europe, the first clearly visible effects of climate changes can be seen in europe, and coming out of a pandemic and the related financial hit etc. The laws and regulations they passed are setting a good foundation for our future, speeding up and reducing german beurocratic processes to build infrastructure, digitalization (even though that one should be developed a bit faster still), improvements of our military with Pastorius being quite a good minister of defense and especially I feel fhat this is the first time we have a government that atleast somewhat listens to scientific research and evidence. That being said there still happens a bunch of stuff I don't really like - but waay better than everything I have seen in the last 20 years, just look at our bridges, the Deutsche Bahn, privatisation of Hospitals, the Bundeswehr and all the other things that were financially starved to death - its all presented to us by mainly the CDU and in some parts the SPD over the last decades.

@coopsnz1

11 ай бұрын

Because it more socalist

This Coalition has set out to basically change on course on almost all policy decisions of the last 16 years and to completely revamp the system. Literally almost all the problems they currently face have been created by the previous conservative governement which now present themselves as having the solutions for the problems they did not fix for 16 years. Additionally the coalition has been under consistent fire by the mostly reactionary tabloids and conservative online groups, that appeal to a large amount of old people who don´t like anything if their russian friend tells them to. If the Coalition manages to come out victorious out of the ukraine situtation before the next elections, i am sure many will see the foreign policy mistakes of the previous government and finally realize that the Traffic Light Coalition is a step in the right direction.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you!

@DarkHarlequin

Жыл бұрын

This is also a thing I'm always a bit surprised is not on peoples radar: If policies were implemented and embedded over the last 10-20-30 years (as many of the problem policies i.e. energy handling, tech infrastructure) are in Germany, why would you expect to be able to fix it in a few months? Even if you go about them the completely corret/smart way this will take years and likely multiple governments to rectify. Why wouldn't it when it also took decades to build?

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

"This Coalition has set out to basically change on course on almost all policy decisions of the last 16 years and to completely revamp the system." ... OR you can put it as it is: This Coalition has set out to basically destroy the financial and economical stability of the last 16 years. In other words: To run Germany to the ground.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 Nice try, Russian troll.

@kauz33

Жыл бұрын

why would a coalition with neoliberal economic policies act diferent than a previous neoliberal goverment? economically speaking the SDP can't press for their most left policies because they have to please the liberals in their coalition, so the most nedded changes aren't gonna happen

Everyone her talks about the problems actually existing since 16 years, altough this is true the problem is actually that this governemnt still insists on making even more problems ( Heizungsgesetz for example)

Brexit.... We blame everything in the UK on it regardless if its true, might aswell blame everything in Germany on it too.

They've been quite unlucky. Exactly when they gained power they've had to do what goes against their ideals

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

Or incompetent. In contrast, Merkel in her 3 terms as Chancellor had to cope with the financial crisis of the late 00's, with the Greek debt crisis, with the influx of immigrants to Europe (one issue where she misjudged the electorate's opinion), with the turbulence of Brexit. And she was in a coalition government as well, not making live easier.

@dpt6849

Жыл бұрын

More leftist dictatorship? 😂

@prometheus7387

Жыл бұрын

Merkel is competent but I don't think her successors are

@tomlxyz

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 the parties in power now are against war and big spending, but then covid and war. Merkel didn't have to go against what she stood for to deal with those. She didn't misjudge, she wanted more cheap labor in Germany, which is one of the main forces why Germany has a better performing economy than most other European countries

@alm9322

Жыл бұрын

​@@tomlxyz If your political position is "let's be a russian p*ssy" then it's your problem. If someone's ideology is stupid and incompetent, then he is stupid and incompetent too.

Can someone who is German/living in Germany explain why people dislike the FDP? In theory I agree with their policies but everyone seems to complain about them

@user-co7fo

Жыл бұрын

Because they do not agree with their policies. Simple as. People seem to want more government spending, more government restriction in the economy.

@jhp1045

Жыл бұрын

There are a few resons: the leftists see them as rich elites that are against there policies. The centre and the right sees them as spineless because they fold when push comes to shuff (2018 would be an exaption). They are generally seen as very opportunistic and out of touch.

@_jpg

Жыл бұрын

Because the FDP has been blocking many policies, it took much time to get any change at all. They've been rarely more than a small annoying party, which exclusively wanted the best for their 10-5%, combined with a "Let the market solve it" approach.

@dorum98

Жыл бұрын

They are basically the opposition within the coalition. The only thing you hear about them are car-centric policys (e.g. creating more parking space in citys and expanding the highway system) and blocking proposals and activly badmouthing their coalition partners

@greentoby26

Жыл бұрын

In practice, their policies are a big bunch of nothing. They are repeating mantras and being unhelpful at best when it comes to actual decisions.

Återigen. Vad måste till för att våra växter ska kunna bli just gröna!?. Vad är det som gör att klorofyllet blir just grönt???????.

What I find facinating, is how well the CDU or some of it's voters manage to disconnect, the laws the head of European commission is writing in Brussel.. "european green deal" and raging at home against the greens. the law proposed now is just mostly a good measure to do homework before some EU-laws come to pass. The other thing, is it's likely better for all parties involved to get the unpopular things things done before 24, usually voters forget in 18 month. That was likely one of Schröders faults, 18 years ago.

This is a perfect example of why coalition works

I do love judging other peoples democratic choices.

@zesky6654

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to democracy.

@alm9322

Жыл бұрын

That's what Germany has been doing for the last 20 years, so now the tables have turned.

Can't wait for a video for the Greece's elections

Just be sure you don't have an IPv6. NordVPN doesn't support it. I should have checked.

It’s crazy how the Berlin Wall stil divides Germany culturally (edit: i meant east and west germany i know the wall didn't divide germany but still the wall was a metaphorical divide)

@brun4775

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean the inner German border?

@Zzzooooppp

Жыл бұрын

It’s very funny how many people think the border of West and East Germany ran through Berlin

@Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz

Жыл бұрын

Well. Its a Curse and a Blessing. This mix of Culture is the Reason why Germany managed to have a Socialist Capitalism which provides a very Strong Capitalist Economy while still maintaining a Strong Social Welfare Society. But it also means that there is always a Big Tug of War between the People that want to Pull towards Full Socialism or Full Capitalism.

@lofor6434

Жыл бұрын

@@Zzzooooppp Well, thats because it also was through Berlin. Look at a map of divided Germany and you see, Westberlin was an enclave of Westgermany. Therefore there were in a sense two wall. One between both states and one around the enclave of Westberlin

@antifafcknzsroru

Жыл бұрын

​@@Zzzooooppp maybe he means it more metaphorically

5:32 nuclear is literally the best option for green energy.

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

It’s not. Would it be nice for the next 5 years to transition to renewables? Yes. But what would be needed for that? New Nuclear power plants that should have started construction in 2016 so they can be used now. Nuclear power plants are expensive and take a long time to build so since we didn’t build any new ones in the 2010s it’s spilled milk and no point in crying about it. Now we need a quick transition to renewables and storage capabilities for it

@ananon5771

11 ай бұрын

@@ja_u yes, let europe rely MORE on coal, germany really leading the way on imports on russian oil and smoggy coal power, a green energy superpower. France hates green energy so much they have almost totally transitioned away from oil... wait.

@zauberbaum1830

11 ай бұрын

Nuclear energy is far from being green. It was only put into the green energy list, because France pressured the EU to do it. Building a Nuclear Power Plant consumes so much concrete and other material, that this alone emits huge amounts of CO2. And storing the nuclear waste cant be considered green either since we are litterally creating pollution for generations to come. By the way, do you know who France gets most of its Uranium from? Putler.

My utlity cost went up 120€ 😂 for 27m2 I now have to pay more for utilities than rent.

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

What? You either live in the deep East German forest and your rent is non existent or there is a leak in your apartment and it’s constantly increasing your water bill

@nieselregen420

11 ай бұрын

That's not the government fault and the prices are almost the same as pre crisis. Also where the fuck did you get rent so cheap? For 27qm I pay at least 400€ in my small city.

@theerhatheerha8780

10 ай бұрын

@@nieselregen420 It IS the gov's fault. If taxes in DE was not that huge - there wouldnt be any issues with energy prices.

@nieselregen420

10 ай бұрын

​@@theerhatheerha8780 what the fuck HAHAHAHAH. The taxes haven't been raised for a while, especially not in the last years. The current government even LOWERED the tax on energy from 19% to 7%. If you're German: stop lying. If not.. don't talk about shit you have no clue about. But yeah. Always blame the government first instead of your landlord.

The Bruxelles, Frankfurt, or Berlin government? About what time period are we talking from mid 90's, or just now? Do we include ideologic shifts? Hard to break down, especially as a citizen, I guess.

"is the german government failing?" - TLDR; yes.

@misterdedlift4879

11 ай бұрын

Can't fail fast enough.

@nieselregen420

11 ай бұрын

Nope they aren't failing. Not more than any other government in Germany before. We don't have high amounts of poverty, unemployment or anything else. We just have angry white dudes from East Germany scared of.. I don't know everything?

I'm from NL and didn't know Germany had comparatively so few parties. I thought their system was a lot more similar to ours.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

We do have a lot of parties, but only 6 of them are big enough to enter the Bundestag, because of the 5% rule.

@dpt6849

Жыл бұрын

The green scammers are same leftards yes.

@davidschaftenaar6530

Жыл бұрын

There are some differences, but yeah, it used to be. Before Dutch politics borked itself. We used to have about the same number of serious contender parties, until the decline of the CDA (our CDU) and the PVDA (more or less our SPD) in the 2010's.

@osheridan

Жыл бұрын

Wait what's NL? /gen

@suppenmannsocke9650

Жыл бұрын

@@hape3862 immer ist irgendwo ein Augsburger zu finden 😂😂😂

Yes just yes

Congrats to Sonneberg

I know this is not the right place to make this request, but please consider making a video on Indian political scenario specially considering the fact that a major general elections are coming up next year- something that could affect the geopolitical dynamics of the whole South East Asian region. Keep up the good work, guys! Love from India.😊

@Misa-oj3oo

Жыл бұрын

i think it wont be on this channel, but on the tldr news world channel

@shouryaaswal5681

Жыл бұрын

there isn't much to report. BJP would win again. Modi will get his 3rd term. Although this time I think he will win barely and not by a landslide like 2019.

@userseveneleven

11 ай бұрын

Indian politics is just people hating each other who look the same 😂

@VicDubLu

11 ай бұрын

When do Indians learn that western society does not care about India? It has nothing to do with our culture. India is a terribly overpopulated country and suffers from human right violations, oppression of women, oppression of religious freedom and so much more. We do not care about you. Stop making us care about you

The current government has to tackle problems the CDU caused And they still vote them again 🤦

@friddevonfrankenstein

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. The problem is that the majority of voters is dumber than a box of rocks.

@nsl_black8053

Жыл бұрын

The majority of voters seem to suffer from dementia or they are simply stupid

@jhp1045

Жыл бұрын

I dont like the CDU and there 16 years in power were a disaster. But you are totaly ignoring the fact that of those 16 years the CDU governt 12 years with the SPD

@marasmorgean5813

Жыл бұрын

FINALLY - god thx someone who can see through this.

@nsl_black8053

Жыл бұрын

@@jhp1045 FDP and SPD are in part to blame as well, tho for some reason the greens seem to receive most of the hate

Nice sumup - and yet, there's more to that. Anything around immigration, first. And then NGOs, the legal system...

Olaf Scholz won't last. He'll be a one term chancellor.

Nothing has gone wrong. It is completely normal and should not surprise anyone that a war and the sudden loss of Russian energy supplies cause a "bit" of turmoil in a mostly conservative society. The traffic light coalition is doing a good job overall, and heated discussions between three such different parties would be expected even in calmer times. All three parties are reasonable and professional enough to find the best compromises in the end. Now is a difficult moment, because many of the reforms have been passed, but their effects are not yet visible - only the first birth pangs of change, but not the long-term benefits. For my part, I am absolutely sure that it will work out well and that Germany will be stronger after the crisis than before - as always. 🤪

@dendradwar9464

Жыл бұрын

delusional

@-Ahmed8592

Жыл бұрын

- Almost 15,000 corporate bankruptcies since the start of the Ukraine war - Highest inflation for 40 years, highest food prices for 50 years - 40% of Germans living paycheck to paycheck - 1000 protest since April - 70% have an unfavourable view of the EU - Several large companies have had to initiate production cuts since March - 37,000 layoffs in the last 3 months alone - Prices for natural gas have increased by 50% since the start of the year - Shortage of diesel fuel - The richest 1% own 35% of all the nations wealth. - 50% of Germans only own around 11% of the total wealth in Germany This is the natural conclusion of secular liberalism - self destruction and endless chasing of more and more worldly gain by the elites, all whilst their own people are subjugated.

@-Ahmed8592

Жыл бұрын

And that’s not even including the impending demographic disaster, the working age has already dropped to 64% of the total population as of 2021

@ayoCC

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I like their cooperation. There's a lot of loud screaming voices, but I think compromise and consensus will always lead to a more fair, happy and prosperous society. Well sort of, not always, but you hopefully agree with the spirit of what i mean. I'm particularly happy about the measured approach, and changing course when necessary, very professional. If we had a populist leadership it would be screaming tossing and turning.

@blacklighthologram5339

Жыл бұрын

But when all these thing happen in England it's the end of the world huh

They are corrupt and incompetent at the same time. That's their "set of circumstances".

@enemdisk6628

11 ай бұрын

Populist BS

We sowed failure for the last 8 years, and now its almost harvesting season xD

Scholzomatic is back at it again. Can't believe we elected this uncharismatic robot as chancelor

There've certainly been screw ups but still the coalition, importantly: 1. Has overcome the general idea that Germany must never rearm to support Ukraine with military aid; 2. Has successfully transitioned away from being highly dependent on Russian fossil fuels; 3. Is currently drafting a law (expected to be passed by the end of summer) to reform the citizenship laws for foreigners seeking to acquire a German passport. Considering the CDU's approach of favouring trade and diplomatic ties with Russia under Merkel and the criticism the CDU has of the proposed reforms, I personally still prefer the Greens over the CDU. It will be interesting to see to what extent the new citizens under the citizenship reforms feel the same.

@BYROXI5000

Жыл бұрын

There is one other thing: Germany want people to come to their country. They don't have a great birthrate so they take opportunity. Yes there is a cost of producing arms but, they see this as an investment to gain population. Poor population who will benefit their falling economy. So they don't have anything to lose. Policitians don't give a shit about Ukrainians, they see only money. And they also want more war btw to win more population. If Russia win, they will have immigration. If Russia lose, they will gain popularity and credibility. Politics.

Is there no thought to be given on the FPD and its business friendly incompatibly with reducing emissions?

@phantomlordmxvi

Жыл бұрын

It's not incompatible... The market, given the right incentives, is best in reducing emissions themselves! With the emission trades (Emissionshandel) those things that are easy to decarbonise will be decarbonised first, giving the rest of the system time to develop ways to make decarbonising cheaper!

@nieselregen420

11 ай бұрын

​@@phantomlordmxvi You missed basic economic class. Our environment is a resource. You can use it to dump your trash, gather other resources etc. For a company it's cheaper to just throw their trash into the water instead of dumping it accordingly (Which they do all the time btw). Companies want to make money... How do you make money? Yep by reducing costs. Now you try to argue "but the people can decide". Yes they can. But do the people care or are they able to care enough? They'll buy whatever is cheap and affordable. Many times they don't even have a choice or simply won't care. Rails are more efficient than roads. Why do we have roads? And will cars be less used when "the people just decide"? The free market regulating everything is a lie. Not even Adam Smith believed that. Anarcho-Capitalism is unrealistic and destructive. That's why no country uses that system. If the state doesn't protect you companies will fuck you over. Because that's what they always did. Trusting the economy "regulating itself" is naive and a fairy tale. It never happened. Never will.

@phantomlordmxvi

11 ай бұрын

@@nieselregen420 Strawman

Can't speak for the state of Bremen, but Berlin's election was about local issues and nothing to do with the Federal Coalition. While inner city Berlin (within the S-Bahn ring) is very left leaning, the outer districts are not. Berlin's administration is dysfunctional at best. You can't get appointments with the state to do anything within a timely manner and because it's Germany you have to do everything in person - there is no digital option for Registration for example. I spoke with a lot of people voting CDU to force R2G out of office to hopefully be replaced by a GroKo to try and fix the issues that we have at the state level. R2G did have the seats to continue in Berlin, but the SPD mayor was openly preferring to govern with the CDU before the shambolic 2021 election, so its no surprise that was the outcome we got in the end

Where's the video about the Greek elections?

0:45 little side note, the color of the party "Freie Wähler" or short FW in Bavaria is orange

@hawk0485

Жыл бұрын

"ist" :D

@basti3944

Жыл бұрын

@@hawk0485 Autokorrektur 😅

@schnelma605

Жыл бұрын

Freie Wähler with R

why is at 5:31 Nulcear energy put in the same category as fossil energy? its even considered "green" by EU definitions

@ja_u

11 ай бұрын

Nuclear power plants take years to build and cost billions, look at France. We didn’t build any new nuclear power plants in the mid 2010s like 2016 which would be done and operational now in 2023 so it’s pointless to cry about it. Even if the Ampel decided to build new ones in 2021, we would maybe be starting construction now. It’s so fucking pointless to cry about it when nuclear power has been slowly phased out since the 80s.. we had a lot of time to turn around but it’s been decades in the making, complaining now does NOTHING. Suddenly everyone cares about nuclear, where we’re you in 2016? Where were you in 2000? Where were you in fucking 1990?? Ok so stfu Besides, if we can transform to renewables instead, it’s much cheaper and more future proof anyway. Look at France, their nuclear plants are on average almost 40 years old, they need to now cough up billions and billions to build new ones that will be maybe operational when the average plant is 50 years old

@zauberbaum1830

11 ай бұрын

Nuclear energy is far from being green. It was only put into the green energy list, because France pressured the EU to do it. Building a Nuclear Power Plant consumes so much concrete and other material, that this alone emits huge amounts of CO2. And storing the nuclear waste cant be considered green either since we are litterally creating pollution for generations to come.

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The sounds like typical parliamentary infighting in a coalition government to me

@grunchlk

11 ай бұрын

Still better than giving everything to the one who scores 50% plus one vote and nothing to the one who scores 50% minus one vote.

@michaelstone5298

11 ай бұрын

@@grunchlk good point but I'm Canadian not American! 😀😀😀 Or French but yes indeed it is

@grunchlk

11 ай бұрын

@@michaelstone5298 Well I am Swiss, so we get to vote on some stuff at least. You know better what you're talking about than I do 😂. Just do yourself and the world a favour and get rid of Castro junior 🥳.

@michaelstone5298

11 ай бұрын

@@grunchlk Castro Junior is that a backhanded comment about our prime minister

Just want to stress that the proposed bill on heating will only mandate certain greener heating when you newly install, existing gas or oil heating can remain and can be repairer. The bill also provides help for homeowners with a tight budget

3 Party Coalitions are Always very Weak and tend to not Survive for very Long. They dont deal well with Challenges because reaching a Consensus tends to take very Long and might even Fail or Lead to some sort of Minimal Compromise that doesnt do much. Germanies Inability to actually make Quicker Progress on its Rearmament of the German Army as well as the Hesistant and Slow Decisionmaking on Providing Weapons and Aid to Ukraine are just the Tip of the Iceberg that makes it into the Media. There is Tons of other smaller Topics that are barely Talked about because they just dont make the Cut in the News. One Prime Example being the Promise to Build more Housing. Which is Falling Flat on its Face because the Green doesnt want too much Land to become Building Space and therefore hates any kind of Home Ownership. Therefore rather wanting Big Housing Blocks with small Rental Flats. The FDP of course wants exactly the opposite as well as also wanting to make sure that Industry and Business gets alot of Building Space as well. And the SPD meanwhile wants to keep the Housing Affordable which is in Complete Conflict with the Idea of Green Heating etc because that tends to require Bigger Investments early on which many People just cant make.... As such I doubt that the Traffic Light Coalition will be able to Survive for more than a Single Turn. That doesnt mean that none of the Parties can Pull through however. If the FDP can Push through more Economic Reforms and keep the Green Parties Reforms of Forcing People into Green Tech Investments in Check. It might have a Shot at a Coalition with the CDU. Likewise the Green Party if it can Succeed into Running both a Good Economy and a Sufficiently Improved Climate Protection Result it might very well have a Seat at the Table for a Coalition. And the SPD likely is the easiest Shot because the CDU/CSU getting a Solo Majority is Unlikely and the FDP or the Green Party have a much harder Time Producing Results due to how Opposing they are to each other. Meaning the SPD is very likely to have the Chance of a Big Coalition with the CDU again. Still. Its almost Guaranteed that the CDU will be Back as the Head of Government after the Next Election. It would take a Considerable Event to Prevent that.

Talk about Spain 🇪🇸 please!!

@christianhilary

Жыл бұрын

Hello bro

The world is in a general recession. Most economies are shrinking. It's a very normal cycle returning about every 5 years...

It doesn't matter which party. Any party is underdelivering. It's almost like in the US. That's why it's swinging back and forth between the left and right parties... I guess the real culprit is the federal structure and bureaucracy hindering any progress.

@biocapsule7311

Жыл бұрын

The US don't have a left party, *they have a center-right party that they call 'left'* and a far-right party for more then 50 years. Which is why their country haven't see major changes for the positive for just about that long. They have stalled and crippled. The German government is different in that despite having a center-left party leading, it's coalition existence depended on a center-right party. Which means no matter what they want, their own coalition is going to stop it. Be it center-right or right-wing. Their instinct is always to stop positive changes happening, they are all about conserving the status quo. It has nothing to do with federal structure or bureaucracy. It has to do with having too many opposition to stop you even when you are in power because there are always too many conservatives around.

The FDP situation definitely makes sense. First off, ruling parties become less popular over time as a rule. Second, they're basically fiscal conservatives, which makes the non-government parties a very real alternative. But what I find interesting is that they went with making different parties responsible for different areas. This was always going to cause problems as a government needs smooth lateral communication and organization. It would be better to mix members from the different parties within departments so that these big issues could be ironed out in the boardroom rather than in cross departmental sniping

@prometheus7387

Жыл бұрын

This is true, but I don't think minor parties would agree with being sidelined.

@_jpg

Жыл бұрын

The FDP is also losing the small amount of popularity they originally started with, because they seem to have been trying to block as much as possible, the 9-€-ticket, the ban on CO2-emissioning cars, etc.

@TheAmericanPrometheus

Жыл бұрын

The FDP leaving the coalition would almost certainly trigger another election, because while the SPD and Greens would have little qualms about joining up with the far-left Die Linke, the FDP and CDU/CSU would probably still find joining up with the AfD too bitter a pill to swallow. The FDP probably knows they'd get wiped out if they triggered another election, which is why as of now, the FDP withdrawing from the coalition isn't really an option (unless their intention is mutually assured destruction for their coalition partners too).

@davinnicode

Жыл бұрын

@@_jpg The FDP is losing because with agreeing to be part of such a left ideology driven coallition they have thrown every liberal value over board just to get a position of power. It is regularly a challenge for them to get votes since liberal values are generallly not seeked after by the German voters but with this decisions they basically lied to every one of them.

@TheMrKeksLp

11 ай бұрын

@@_jpg "The ban on CO2-emissioning cars" That's literally a reason people are voting FDP, so that ideological fools that want stuff like that don't get their way. That's not why they are losing votes

Better questionn: what did not go wrong? Would also make for a shorter video

Scrapping nuclear, Carbon fanaticism, Covid fascism and militaristic adventurism. yeah, what went wrong?

For context: I'm pretty happy with the government right now. I actually think it is working well, except for taking a bit too much time for laws and decisions. You can see two general human problems: Short term thinking and missing causality/search for simple solutions. Most people don't bother to think about things that were more than a year ago, and how those things changed/will change in the future. It is just about seeing how good/bad they are doing right now. Usually, you need to take some or a lot of time to understand things properly to even make a decision that has at least some logical reasoning. (Im talking multiple hours, not just one video or so.) That's because you need to see things from multiple perspectives and try to understand different connections and points of view. Secondly, things in the current time are so intertwined, you can't really grasp how everything is working and what is causing the things that borrow you the most. At a certain point, you need to accept: you won't be able to get a better view of a situation, so you simply need to trust some experts (real experts and not just one) to handle things. I think it's really stupid to take political decisions short term. Most laws passed by parliament today only have an effect in one to two years, showing their real effect on economics, climate, social balance, etc. another one to two or even more years later. One should vote on the party's program and trust that they are capable to translate at least some of it into laws and politics. It's irrational to think, they can do all they want to do or get everything correct instantly. (You also do not want to get fired if you are not doing things perfectly.) Not to say that there are some decisions not to take, but always keep in mind: It can always get worse!

@Gaphalor

11 ай бұрын

😂 Dude in the long run there won't be a Germany if they keep going like this. How is destroying our energy sector, our industrial capabilities helping us in the long run? I wish I could have such strong copium as you my man 😂!

By the next election the War in Ukraine should not have that big of an effect on parties by then and if the current economic situation gets better they can push forward more of the original agenda before the election to remind people why they put them into power in the first place. AFD's rise is probably due to FDP's failings in government. I wouldn't be surprised if at the next election it's a CDU, Greens and FDP government. This election is ages away and the video misrepresents the local elections too Greens suffered in Bremen sure but the SPD grew and made up for their loss.

@maxmustermann167

Жыл бұрын

I am really not sure how this economy is supposed to get better under current leadership. Industry is struggling hard, prices have gone insane, and wages have barely moved, if at all. I'm seeing it everyday at work, we are a B2B IT company and struggling hard to find new customers and keep old ones because no one is willing to spend money in this environment. Meanwhile my personal living costs have skyrocketed immensely in an environment that already had extreme taxation and high rents. At the same time the government is going on a spending sprea that doesnt lead anywhere (using more co2 instead of less, getting fucked over on energy prices, shutting down nuclear, our infrastructure is getting worse by the day e.g. bridges, selling infrastructure to foreign entities, military still a joke bc they decided on a one time payment instead of actually giving more money longterm and fixing procurement). Really not seeing a bright future for this government :D

@dendradwar9464

Жыл бұрын

Good to know the war in Ukraine will be over before the next election .. very re-assuring that no less a source than you says so .. think they once said some other war that it would be over by Xmas .. that did not turn out so good now did it? ..

@EllieD.Violet

Жыл бұрын

AfD on the rise? 😂

@kingace6186

Жыл бұрын

No offense, but I don't see the war in Ukraine ending in just a year.

@ciarz_

Жыл бұрын

​@@maxmustermann167they got out of a global pandemic and got thrust into situation were the main energy supplier needs to be boycotted, as long as this crisis prevails this is to be expected.

6:23 It reminds me of that Spiderman fingerpointimg meme

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

I don't hear anything. If CDU is what you associate with the above mentioned song, you do have a major problem of understanding of German politics.

@cgt3704

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 i was referring to the AFD

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

@@cgt3704 Yeah, they are a warning light. But they are at the same level as comparable right-wing parties in other western European or Nordic countries.

@cgt3704

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 Yeah it true. But it is still distressing to hear this, since i always tought Germany wouldnt witness anither NSDAP in the parliament. But the Fates do have a cruel sense of humour

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

@@cgt3704 I do not have the answer. I lived in 3 countries, where the trend was the same: First Denmark, then Sweden, and now Germany. In the first two mentioned, those parties had quite an influence on the politics of the country - however, it did not turn into the 1930's style aggression. As to Germany, the AFD still hadn't have too much power. As to why we have this trend; my only guess is the failure of the established center-leaning parties to adapt to the needs of the electorate and solve their problems. Or may be the problems are unsolvable and the electorate is looking for a simple quick-fix. Anyway, this is not a German phenomenon. Actually, Germany (with the exception to the Nazis) is quite late on the right-wing political scene.

they're called SPD, not SDP

@baronbrummbar8691

Жыл бұрын

TBF the SPD changed its name from "socialist party of germany" to "socialdemocratic party of germany" so that mistake can happen

So when is Germany going to take the green shift seriously by building new nuclear reactors and scrapping their coal power plants?

@josef7789

Жыл бұрын

No because the Green Party ist so stupid and braindead. They will never build nuclear reactors ever again. They want renewable energy systems Like wind turbine and solar systems, which will never come nearly as close to nuclear reactors in terms of energy production, cost effectiveness and availability.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

Nuclear reactors aren't economically profitable anymore. Everyone call tell you that, especially the big power companies. Just ask French EDF why they are 70 Billion in debt!

@patrickstar5136

Жыл бұрын

current plan is to get rid of all coal power plants by 2038 at the latest. New nuclear reactors are not gonna be built. Hope that helped

@todortodorov940

Жыл бұрын

@@hape3862 No, but they guarantee energy independence. Something that is very important for a modern economy, and especially an industrial economy like Germany.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

@@todortodorov940 "No, but they guarantee energy independence." - Ask France how energy independent they have been last year! (FYI: They got half of their electricity from Germany. The same Germany that - as you know - had enough own trouble with energy supplies at the same time. And yet WE managed to produce enough power for one and a half countries! France only for half a country.)

be very hopeful there not a Austrian painter trying to get elected in Germany.

@ogerpinata1703

Жыл бұрын

😏

@jojotv9383

Жыл бұрын

Nah, one of the requirements to elect and to get elected is to be german, so no austrian there.

@TheGoukaruma

Жыл бұрын

Wow, and they say Germans are bad at jokes.

as a german i am embarrassed, scared, and ready for revolution

For me as a german it is alwayse funny that the people vote spd and then when they are not happy they vote cdu and than again spd. They alwayse choose the same and think something new will happen.

Can’t lie, seeing the FDP getting their asses kicked makes me happy. As for the greens, when your view on energy is to close nuclear plants and keep coal and gas plants… you are as green as a ripe tomato

@whiteraven550

Жыл бұрын

The decision to close nuclear power plants was made years ago, not by the current government. They just finished off a process that was already almost done. Germany was already way to deep into de denuclearization to make a U-turn.

@homeape.

Жыл бұрын

building new ones isn't an option, and the decision stands for more than 10 years now. they turned off 3 nuclear power plants now, which were the last and the effect was irrelevant

@mastermarv722

Жыл бұрын

the decision to close nuclear was made in 2011, none of the reactors would have been able to keep running for a serious amount of time

@CarlosKTCosta

Жыл бұрын

I’m not talking about building new ones, although I think that would be a good idea… I’m talking about refurbishment of the ones that were still open. The 3 plants could supply roughly 10.5 million houses, that’s about 1/4 of all Germany, hardly insignificant. Although the decision was made, it could have been reversed and it wasn’t. The attitude of the Greens (all of them, not just in Germany) towards nuclear power is something I will never understand given the current state of affairs. 20y ago there was hope of solving the emissions problem in the correct way, now there is no hope aside from killing the profits generated by fossil fuels and nuclear could do that. Is it the best option? Of course not, but desperate times…

@walideg5304

Жыл бұрын

They could have build new reactors and participate to an atomic energy union with France as it was at the creation of the European Community. Merkel refused after Fukushima and see are we today … total failure from the German gouvernements …

Nuclear not that green? 😂 it is the greenest option for Germany lol

@franzjoseph1837

Жыл бұрын

No that would be wind. Germany is third in the world in total installed wind power capacity while they are second in offshore wind. They also have biomass. Nuclear isn't renewable.

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

Жыл бұрын

@@franzjoseph1837 It’s still green.

@franzjoseph1837

Жыл бұрын

@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana yes a dangerous radioactive green. We don't have anyway to recycle nuclear waste without incurring large expenses and our only solution for storage is digging deeper and deeper holes to put it in. I think non radioactive solutions should be the priority.

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

Жыл бұрын

@@franzjoseph1837 You say that as if it is not a perfectly okay 👌 solution.

@jan-lukas

Жыл бұрын

In the time Germany could build new nuclear power plants OR completely overhaul the old ones, we could have so many renewables built that no one cares about nuclear - but NAH let's always say we do need nuclear. 15 years ago it would've been a different story, back then you could've still changed the political decisions. But now is sadly to late

it's been hectic tbh,

have failed when they took the pipeline getting blown up by an allied nation and doing nothing about it.

@_jpg

Жыл бұрын

Ah, the conspiracy theorists got here as well...

@ThePandafriend

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't consider Russia an ally.

@jan-lukas

Жыл бұрын

We simply don't know who did it. So guessing is even worse than just admitting that sole truth