The Guardian's Take On Germany's Election

[Annie]

The Guardian cannot be happy, they do however seem to see the writing on the wall:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1490121,00.html

While it is too early to write him off entirely, Germany appears to be heading for another period of centre-right government, and its first ever woman chancellor - the Christian Democrats' leader, Angela Merkel. She is almost certain to be the conservatives' choice of candidate should the election take place in the autumn.

Edgar Moron, a spokesman for the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia, said: "We didn't get much help from [the federal government in] Berlin. In fact, they created several problems for us. The desire for a change was too strong."

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But his critique of capitalism failed to sway the voters. Even before yesterday's debacle, the Social Democrats' left wing had demanded that the chancellor soften some of his more unpopular structural reforms.

It was also a terrible night for the Green party, which has now been voted out of government in all of Germany's regional parliaments. Until yesterday, NRW was ruled by a SPD-Green coalition....

 

[5stringJeff]

Dangit, you beat me to this!

Here's a link to the al-Reuters version of the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050523/wl_nm/germany_election_dc

 

[Annie]

Dangit, you beat me to this!

Here's a link to the al-Reuters version of the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050523/wl_nm/germany_election_dc

Insomnia is good for somethings! :teeth:

 

[Adam's Apple]

Here's some more about a change of government in Germany. And isn't it about time? This time Schroeder's anti-American will not win him the election.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/

 

[Zebra]

merkel then won …

and now scholz