New election blow for Germany’s Merkel –

Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s conservatives have suffered heavy losses in an election in Germany’s most populous state, exit polls suggest.

Support for the Christian Democrats dropped from 35% to 26% in North Rhine-Westphalia, with the Social Democrats set to return to power with the Greens.

It is the Christian Democrats’ worst result in the state.

Analysts say many voters rejected Mrs Merkel’s tough line on fiscal discipline as a cure for state debt.Voters in Greece, France and Italy also recently rejected austerity policies.

In another development, the exit polls suggested Germany’s Pirate Party had won seats in North Rhine-Westphalia, making it their fourth state parliament.

The Pirate Party has grown in strength recently with its calls for transparency and internet freedom.Nationally, Sunday’s election will not change the balance of power, whatever the outcome but opposition leaders warn it may send an important signal ahead of national elections expected in late 2013.

full article at source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18048942

Berlin.             Von Röttgen lernen heißt aus Fehlern lernen – die Landtagswahl in NRW wird sich auch auf die Bundespolitik auswirken. Zwar wird die Schlappe der CDU eindeutig mit Norbert Röttgen identifiziert – das Wahlergebnis ist für Bundeskanzlerin Merkel dennoch alles andere als tröstlich. Eine Analyse.

Bei Landtagswahlen bleibt sie am Sonntag immer im  Hintergrund. So hielt es Angela Merkel auch am Sonntagabend. Jede Abkehr von der Routine  wäre als Panikreaktion gedeutet worden. Sie wird nach diesem Ergebnis, das die  “schlimmsten Befürchtungen” übertrifft (Peter Altmaier), unerschütterlich weiter  machen. Es hilft der Kanzlerin, dass die Niederlage der NRW-CDU so eindeutig mit  Norbert Röttgen identifiziert wird

source:  http://www.derwesten.de/thema/nrw_landtagswahl_2012/was-die-nrw-wahl-fuer-merkel-und-den-bund-bedeutet-id6654522.html

Comment:

The Germans themselves now know that Austerity isn’t working and they have sent a strong message to Berlin saying that they must now listen to the people of the PIGS nations .The Irish must now add their voice and say Austerity is just shutting down trade in the country

Vote No

About these ads

About machholz

I started this Blog to get out of my system the absolute rage that I have for the corrupt politicians and their Banker Buddies. I’m an ordinary guy, married with kids, and have firm opinions of what is right and what is wrong. I’m not afraid to say it even when it makes me unpopular. I reproduce news all manner of articles, but will always confirm the source of the articles; this is a compliment to the source of such news pieces. But if you do not agree with this and you are the original author, I will take down any article when requested to do so. I do not assume that the author of the news articles share with my views, I include news articles to give readers another slant to my views or to illustrate what the mainstream news media say on the relevant topic. The opinions expressed are my own but I do not accept liability for them, If I have offended you or made a factual error please put on record the truth by leaving a comment. In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time...I consider this a necessary consequence of having an open mind. This weblog is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot and manifestation of the various memes running around my brain, and as such any thoughts and opinions expressed within out-of-date posts may not the same, nor even similar, to those I may hold today. For the record I am currently an Independent political activist and am not affiliated to any political party
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.