German elections: Current mood

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The ballot box is waiting for the Germans. Here is, if somebody is interested, a summary of current polls carried out by various instituts.
CDU/CSU: 39 - 41 %
SPD: 23 - 28 %
Green Party: 10 -12,5 %
Leftist Party: 7,5 - 9 %
FDP: 4 - 6 %
AfD: 1 - 4 %
Pirate Party 2,5 - 3 %
Other: 3,5 - 6 %

So, by this results, only the CDU/CSU is able to reach more then 50 %

Set of Online-Questions to figure out, which partie´s positions are closest to yours:
Wahl-O-Mat zur Bundestagswahl 2013

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHH-DYcscwQ]Die Politiker - Bla Bla... - YouTube[/ame]

 

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SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück on the cover of this magazine. Hey, he is the cool guy, who has nothing to lose/win. Almost no chance to lead a coalition government, become chancellor. Well, he uses the stage to get sympathies, but not everyone is satisfied with this cover:

But he vindicates his "salute":
"Questions have been asked which are translated into gestures, grimaces, emotions."

Cool answer. I am not a SPD voter but this was a good one. And be honest, it´s better than this one:

 

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The German Nationalist Party NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) allegedly sends letters to immigrant members of the Green Party. Content among others:
"We prefer your voluntary exit." A fictive flight ticket is subjoined.

 

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In protest against monitoring, the Pirate Party sent a drone to chancellor Merkel at a campaign rally.

http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20130916-51937.html

 

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Green´s frontrunner Trittin under pressure. He is accused of support for a local community´s fraction of the Green Party, which claimed to legalize pedophilia "under some conditions" in 1981. Trittin "partly remembers", but rejects to resign. "Campaign", he said.
http://www.focus.de/politik/deutsch...rfen-in-kindersex-debatte-ab_aid_1102681.html