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Interpreting the results of Germany's federal elections

· 30 September 2009, 17:20 ·

The results of Sunday’s federal elections lead to a new centre-right coalition government which is economically much more liberal than the previous government. The Free Democrats were proclaiming drastic economic reforms during their electoral campaign and the Christian Democrats already indicated that they wanted to end the unpopular Grand Coalition with the Social Democrats for similar reasons. I try to explain the current strands of debate in Germany, and assess whether Merkel will now turn to Thatcherite positions.

The following text was a reply to a friend of mine asking me for my view on the German elections. It turned out to be rather lengthy, and I thought it might be worth putting it online

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Citizen Insane

· 3 July 2009, 08:02 ·

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Don't Panic!

· 25 May 2009, 17:20 ·

It’s World Towel Day:
Towel hanging from top flat at 527 Great Western Road, Glasgow!

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Bad Taste

· 28 April 2009, 03:07 ·

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All hope's not lost...

· 12 January 2009, 05:04 ·

…yet. But there isn’t much left.

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Banana Politics

· 26 November 2008, 17:10 ·

How regimes rely on bananas.

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You must watch this!

· 26 November 2008, 01:04 ·

Absolutely hilarious: Mark Thomas!

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Wanna buy speakers?

· 25 November 2008, 23:47 ·

Old grannies get scammed with electric blankets and knife sets. But whilst an electric blanket probably wouldn’t attract the attention of students, other goods do.

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Hope

· 18 November 2008, 03:35 ·

Not only Obama promises hope, but also the Social Democrats in Saxony. They decided to veto Mr Schäubles recent reform of the federal police, the BKA. With the resulting abstention vote of Saxony in the Bundesrat, the law seems to be blocked—at least temporarily.

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Hobbes...

· 16 November 2008, 22:11 ·

A short rant about Hobbes

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