Hey Germany, this is like the 15th ominous shitpost I see, this is starting to scare me! I don’t understand german or german politics. Can anyone tell me what’s going on? French newspaper are making it sound like a mild thing, like oh, the coalition isn’t working, let’s have early elections. But that’s NOT the vibe I’m getting from all the memes!!
uhfedsjs no thats basically it. chancellor fired the finance minister and wants to seek a vote of confidence in january to make way for elections by march. the 3-way coalition is unpopular and this whole breakdown isn’t a huge surprise, but announcing it on the night after trump’s re-election is just insane timing. besides, only 2 months ago the afd (far right party) became the first party of its kind to win a state election since the nazi era, and they’re polling second nationally at the moment, so new elections sound more than a little scary right now
@the-bibrarian important context: the finance minister is a neoliberal asshole who for 3 years has done his best to sabotage the coalition and constantly refuses to compromise or cooperate. He wants tax cuts for the ultra wealthy and absolutely does not want money going to things like retirement benefits, healthcare, defense/support for Ukraine and so on. He’s smug, arrogant and overall just insufferable. Seeing him being fired for the first time in his life was immensely satisfying (despite the likely consequences).
