Do The Germans Have The Courage On Election Day 2017?

Posted: 8/12/2017

German general elections are taking place on Sunday, September 24.

Will the Germans have the courage to throw the bums out on that day? Merkel must go!

The American, British, and the French people have shown extraordinary determination to affect long needed changes in major Western democracies. Will the often phlegmatic, lethargic Germans have learnt the lesson that it is now their turn!

Unfortunately, Germans have few alternatives to choose from on the voting ballot. At best, they could vote for the FDP (Free Democratic Party, a pretentious little, liberty minded party) party or the AfD (Alternative for Germany, a demonized party with some good proposals) and their candidates. If both parties achieve a combined 25% to 35%, the establishment parties in Germany would be in serious trouble.

The major opposition party, the SPD (Social democratic party of Germany), who have formed a so called great coalition with the ruling CDU (Christian democratic party or Merkel’s party), were so foolish to nominate a diehard Marxist (Martin Schulz) as their top candidate.

I have written about the election program of the AfD party here.