How Germany Will Shape the EU Elections
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- Germany: The EU's heavyweight. Not only does it boast the largest population and economy within the EU, but it also stands as one of the most influential countries in the bloc. With a whopping 96 seats out of 720 in the EU Parliament, Germany isn't just participating; it's leading the charge, holding more than 13% of the total seats. And there is more! The leader of the biggest EU political party is German. And have you ever heard of this lady? Again, she is German.
Who is winning? This video will explain the main German parties: CDU/CSU, SPD, AfD, Greens, BSW, FDP and smaller parties like VOLT, Die Linke, etc. We will also look at the European Political groups: EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA, ECR, ID, The Left and how they are associated to national parties. And then rank them at who is infront. We will also look at Ursula von der Leyen, Nicolas Schmit, Terry Reintke, etc and their impact on the EU Commission President race.
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The CDU started this migration disaster, if someone isn't for strict migration, than its the CDU
Yes, I also noticed the extreme difference in ideology between the CDU on a national and on a European level. It's worth mentioning though that they became harsher on immigration, after Merkel left.
But that was back in 2015... Things can change in almost 10 years. And they have, because Merkel, who started the "migration disaster" was much more in the centre, than the current leader of the CDU, Merz, who is pretty far right in the CDU and has a lot of different opinions compared to Merkel
First of all this "migration disaster" is the only thing being able to safe Germany of a total collapse of the pension system and general economical growth and secondly since Merkel left the CDU has become much more right wing and populist, so they don't really care about migrants lifes anymore.
"Die Partei - Party For Work" 🤣🤣🤣 This must be a translation error.
"DIE PARTEI FÜR ARBEIT, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative", so no it's a translation error, it's just shortend
Sonneborns deutsche Arbeiterpartei kurz SDAP
@@GhostLGNDClashRoyale na hoffentlich fängt sein Vorname nicht mit N an...
CDU/CSU: Between the promises and the actual actions there is a big Hypocritical Void.
I would love one from the political parties of Spain and the groups they are affiliated in... Or perhaps one video indicating which political parties of each member state are associated with each european political group. On the other hand, this is a great video as always! Thank you for your content, it really helps people like me who loves and wants to learn more about the EU.
I will create videos on each of the Political groups which will show the affiliations per country. But depending how these country spoecific videos do, I might do 1 for Spain too :)
That's great! Looking forward to watch them :D
Thanks is much needed everywhere
@alvaro - I assume you are Spanish right ? If so, is it possible for you to drop me a quick email at social@eumadesimple ? I have a quick question regarding Spain :)
@@EUMadeSimple Sorry for the delay. Sure thing, coming right away!
Let's not forget that German conservatives and Von der ähm Leyen do maybe suggest policies before elections but actually stand for stagnation and cleptocracy when governing.
I am grateful that you gave the smaller parties some attention but I think they also deserve a short summary of their policies
Watching this for an assignment, and it is still hard for me to completely understand. The video really helped.
Happy the video helped ! Good luck with the assignment. And if you have any questions, then let us know in the comments :)
Can you make a similar video for Italy too? I know it's a big request, but it would be very interesting to see!
Ill see what I can do :)
Ich freue mich und warte sehnsüchtig auf die europa Wahl 😊. Der beitrag war sehr interessant Danke.❤ . Plus ein Abonnement.
Vielen dank :)
very informative :)
What about a video about the smaller parties? The people shall learn more about the smaller alternative parties, who can be real alternatives, for example Volt (as you already mention)...
ah yes as an SPD voter i am so disappointed how "much" they did for us workers ...
It's sad but you need to remember that not voting or voting for the right is still a worse option every time. Without the FDP in the government coalition, the German government would have been able to do much stronger pro-worker and environmentalist politics, but that would have required the SPD or Greens to have an even larger victory in the last national election. So remember to vote, that is the only way to regain momentum for European leftists.
But you still vote for spd while DL does exist
You dont have any nuclear plant you live with coal mining you pollute the air, as a french. We dee germany want to destroy france, destroy our agriculture our sovereignty our army our economy. so i a bit disgusted by german people who VOTED FOR THAT. Exaclty like You VOTED for the H
deswegen Die PARTEI :)
@@user-gq8rw6hf9v Why would anyone vote for those communists? No one wants a return of the GDR.
I study German at the highest level in the Gymnasium and just had a social studies course on the European Union!
What a fantastic coincidence I'd stumple upon your channel! Your videos are delightful, well edited and give a simplistic overview - truly the EU is made simple
Thank you :) Happy you enjoy the content !
Here are some insights from which Danish political parties are pro-EU and which are pro-EU and which are sceptic! The current ruling government is composed of a coalition government of three parties call the SVM-government - the Social Democrats, the Left (Venstre) and the Moderates. However these parties are losing popularity and there is a rising populist party called the Denmark Democrats that might try to influence EU-policies. Hope you enjoy the read here!
- Enhedslisten: Traditionally a left-wing, EU-sceptic party, but today is more pro-EU and engage in EU-elections - belongs to European United Left (GUE) / Nordic Green Left (NGL)
- Socialist People's Party (SF): Moderate left and pro-EU, belonging to the Greens-EFA
- Social Democrats (SD): Moderate left and pro-EU, belonging to the S&D - Social democrats
- The Moderats: Centre right and pro-EU, beloning to Renew Europe
- Venstre (The Left): A classical liberal centre right party, pro-EU and also part of Renew Europe group
- The Denmark Democrats (DD): A right wing populist, liberal party, that are EU-sceptics yet are eager to join the EU-Parliament to influence policies from within, and are likely to team up with Identity and Democracy
- Liberal Alliance (LA): A classical liberal right wing party, more economically liberal than The Left, and are pro-EU yet are sceptics regarding the democratic deficiencies in the EU
From my understanding, current polls indicate that the parties like Liberal Alliance, the Denmark Democrats and the Socialist People's Party are going to gain far more votes in the next election, and I am super interested to see how this will influence the EU! It is a super interesting development in our politics at home, since these are mostly newly formed parties
Denmark is also a pretty important member-state in the EU, we've sent a ton of support to Ukraine, we are increasing our military budget to over 2% BNP, and the current Executive Vice President of the European Commission is from Denmark!
Kind regards from a Danish viewer!
Remember that Gymnasium means something different in English tho ;)
Haha, vidste bare det var en dansker, som havde skrevet denne kommentar
What does "at the highest level" mean lol
Can you explain volt ? I dont get what they really stand for or which group they are a part of.
Volt is essentially the opposite of the AfD. While the AfD is voted for by people that want to strenghten national sovereignty Volt believes that Europe should essentially become a united states of Europe. They are somewhat of a pro-EU protest party that opposes both the current middle system and other parties caving to the right to get support. Socially they are progressive and economically moderate to liberal (pro-market).
DiEM25 is a similar group that is much more left-leaning on economics and socialist (they were the closest party to failing to gain a seat in the last German election).
Seem like Volt don't know what they stand for either. I've seen their posters, and it's just "don't be a dick", "for good change"...
Ursula needs to go; she's a tragic failure. The EPP sheltered Orban, the only reason Orban is such a thorn in the EU's side is because the EPP coddled him for their own short-term gain.
We need new leadership.
The CDU/CSU states they are Strong on EU defense, but do not support Ukraine.
The CDU/CSU states they want "very strict" immigration laws, but it's worse now than ever. People are frustrated and turning to far right parties.
The CDU/CSU states they want a more competitive EU, but none of their plans will make much of a difference.
Again, I agree that we need a strong EU defense, strong borders, and a strong economy, but very little of what the EPP has done promotes their own words. It's words, not deeds, not actions. There's a famous phrase, "When all is said and done, more will be said than done." This is EPP's mantra.
We need new leadership. Ursula and the EPP both need to go.
Orban was authoritarian and hard eurosceptic (but stil begs for eu money) way before epp kicked him out. And also nobody prevents him from joining ECR or ID.
@@georgek8950 Yes, Orban is a hypocrite. My point was that the EPP coddled and enabled him when it suited their purposes. I am not sure the point you are trying to make, but I stand by my point which is that the EPP and Ursula are failures that need to be replaced.
Hope to make soon the video about Unification of Moldova and Romania.
It will come :) but we need some weeks to research it properly
Why? It won't happen, it will set too many precedents for one.
Romanian Reunification
Probably about the occupation of Moldova by Romania, because Moldova as a country existed many centuries before Romania was established.
I don't know any Moldovan who would like to be part of Romania, but I know many Romanians who would like Moldova to be part of their country, which is not a sufficient argument for the merger of the two countries, especially since Romania is currently cooperating very strongly with Germany, as it was during World War II, and German, Austrian, Russian or Turkish arbitrations in this part of Europe are associated only with an attempt to play off the countries of the Western and Eastern Balkans and were always carried out under pressure, during conflicts or wars that these countries caused, so Germany and Romania will get away from the national issue of the Moldavian state ! Using a card such as Moldova's accession to the European Union as a result of the annexation of this country by Romania is an abuse by Germany and Romania of the entire idea of the European Union project for some nefarious purposes.
@@Michael189redwhite
One of the many precedents it would create. Not to mention how likes of Orban would abuse those.
@EUMadeSimple: You already touched a bit on the topic but I would love a video that goes into depth with the following:
Just because different national parties belong to the same EU Group, the parties don’t necessarily agree on all matters. E.g. the Danish Social Democratic Party's stance on migration is a lot tougher than that of its EU Group, the S&D.
Therefore I wonder:
1) Who ultimately decides the stance on the different EU matters (e.g. on migration, on green initiatives, on EU enlargement, etc.) in the individual EU Group and how do they decide what to vote on different pieces of law?
(Is it the chairperson of Group? The largest national party represented in the individual Group? Or will they have to vote internally in the Group to find out how to think of topics or pieces of law? Or something else?)
2) What if a member of a Group does not agree with its Group’s stance on a topic or piece of law? Can they vote according to their own/national stance on the matter or must they vote according to whatever the Group thinks on the topic? In relation to the this; are there any written and/or unwritten rules about voting the EU Parliament.
Finally, thank you for another informative video
It is a very tough question on which I could create an entire video (which maybe I should). In short, the parties generally agree on big topics before they go into coalitions together. For example, The Greens from all over Europe will likely agree on 90% of strict green policies. While Renew Europe is very pro-business and anti-red tape, so they are likely to agree to 90% of policies that improve this. Also, before the elections they generally agree (and comprimise) on what their priorities are. Of course, more compromise might be made by countries with fewer MEP's that with more. Lastly, groups are no where near as united as national parties in countries. If you look at the voting records, it is very common for their to be 50-50 splits within European Political Groups. Take the EU reform proposal, where the EPP groups almost had a 33%-33%-33% split in support (for-neutral-against). This by no means a full answer - and I have put it on my lsit of potential videos as it is an interesting topic.
This time, we actually might see more than just one Volt MEP in the parliament. Especially with the successes in the Netherlands. Looking forward to that! 💜🇪🇺
No please not
Volt lost a seat in the 2023 Dutch general election, receiving 1.71% of the vote. I wouldn't call that a success.
Would be a good idea to explain that the president of the european commission is not necessarily determined by EU parliament election results
why not mention die linke as one of the major political parties, when you do mention the FDP which is polled at a similar amount/
I took the 6 biggest. Linke and FDP were tied. So I looked at a previous poll where FDP was bigger. And FDP is part of the ruling coalition. That was the logic I used. But sorry to hear if you are disappointed that they didnt feature.
Why is Portugal missing in your background image of Europe?
based
Because no one gives a shit about Portugal.
Because freedom at last 🇵🇹
its african country at this point
@@Jk-tp2ll How? The UK has more Black people.
5:03 it's misleading, it shows that the CDU CSU is above the EPP's parties, which isn't true. France's Les Républicains is at the same level as the CDU CSU
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht isn‘t left-wing, it is transversal
@MOHRWUNMIFLHYDOCThey describe themselves as economically left and socially right.
@@Minuku42 left wing natioalism
Hey would you please do it for Italy?
Yes most likely will in a month or so
Keep up the good work. Still seeing nothing but US elections here in Australia :/
BSW is not left
The Cards are Allready ,,Shuffled,,....like they always are ! LOL
Volt is missing could you make a video about them? Would be Great
Not missing, just very small 3:34
Imagine having more than two political parties XD. You guys are lucky
Cdu-CSU very strict migrant policy😅😂. Off course the best argument : Angela Merkel open border for immigratio, title: Welkomnen
Don't know if you noticed but Merkel is retired and with Merz they have a leader from the right wing of the Party. With Merkel's retirement the more progressive Part of the CDU lost it's power.
And the labels are a bit wrong bsw is not left its more like syncretism
To be honest, it was very hard to label her party. She was left-wing in certain areas, centrist in others and right-wing in other areas... In future videos I will go deeper into detail and make that clearer
i consider them a swinger party @@EUMadeSimple
@@littlerage4u799 Thats sounds a bit ...
They are economicly left, argubly more then die Linke, but Socially far more right leaning. Much closer to orthodox maxist dieology then the neo-marxist ideas of the modern leftwing parties we see so often today
@@EUMadeSimple thats the entire point of the party she came from the left and split up from them , her aim is to have a syncrtism party which has right and left points in his pogramm
It makes me so sad how conservative people are.
I wish we were voting in these 🇬🇧 😢
who is Volt?
Die EU nicht den Leyen überlassen!
You should definitely add Martin Sonneborn of the party DIE PARTEI to the thubnail. They have done some AMAZING work on transparancy!
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I think returning to national currency is very much a step back from cooperation and the free movement of goods
The free EU market was ruined, when Ukrainian goods were allowed to enter it unconditionally. This is a reaction to the recklessness.
@@danielhalachev4714 oh yes I hope this stops … to be honest I only trust products made in EU especially when it comes to food.
In EU at least we have the guarantee that it is not overly pescitised and it is not cancerous … to be honest I have begun growing my own food just because of this and I do not buy food from out side of EU … or other products unless I must
@@atharvaveda87 At this point, I don't even trust products made in the EU. They allowed too many dangerous substances. Take for example the bugs. Research just a little under the surface shows that crickets are not just not worth eating (you need to eat a whole bucket to replace a steak), but they are also very dangerous because their chitine shell is not digestible and the crickets are one of the main carriers of diseases from Africa and Asia into Europe. And since one can't cook the bug the same way as meat, one is very likely to get a disease by eating crickets. The EU regulated that all products with bugs should have a sign, but I don't trust manufacturers to do it. Or there will be some small unreadable 6pt sign somewhere on the package and I have to stare like an idiot to check every single product I buy.
It's either a step back to untangle the economies and shrink the common market, or just a political stunt to have national currencies in name only
How are the left party polling?
Kinda bad thank god
The EU party saw a slight increase in polling from 2019, the german party die linke suffered a split which is how BSW came to be. Overall there is a slight gain in vote share for the left.
ok ket momente e refuzoj evropen
Lol. Didn't even cover that The Left EU would go up about 10 seats in Euro parliament. Kinda weird how it was left out.
Also did not talk about the german left which has the same votes as the fdp. Kinda sus, do I see a prefernce on this channel?
Weil die Linkspartei an der Grenze zur Irrelevanz steht. Die Gurken irgendwo bei 3% rum
I'm really fed up with the democratic parties that had the power to change stuff in the last years. This time I'll vote for Volt. They did some impressive stuff with only one MEP they will do much better with 4 or 5 👍
What about that Volt Party? Paneuropean, what that means??
As far as I know they are not a national party teaming up with other national parties but a European party by design.
The CDU is not strict at all on imigration. They ate responsible for the mass migration. And the SPD is also for more migration and not just "fair" migration.
CDU under Merkel was different, with Merz the right wing of the Party is in power now. Have you listened to the guy, he could be a AFD politician with his stance on migration. The hate is obvious.
@@herrscotti007 The CDU has no credibility when they want to make a coalition with the SPD or Greens which openly support the violent and extreme Antifa. I see more hate from the far-left in Germany. Conservatism and patriotism have nothing to do with hate.
1999. 25. vjet. gjermonin. nuk kam vizitu asni her vendime jam shum i prer. 5 vite kam jetu e kam punu
for the whole chart 03:10
The facts you mentioned are so wrong, particularly what you said about the CDU.
Why are you not mentioning Die Linke (The Left) and only listing them as a small party. They are much more relevant in German politics than the new Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. The Left and the FDP have about the same polling results (3-5%) so why not show both.
Die Linke is basicly a dead party at this point. Losing its main voter base, boomers in east Germany to BSW. Even tough they are still the 7th alrgest party in Germany, and will defentivily reach the 0,5% needed for the European ellection, they will not longer play any real major role in German domestic politics.There will never be naything like a Ramelow in Thuringia ever again.
I thought the same. Thanks for your comment!
I took the 6 biggest. Linke and FDP were tied. So, I looked at a previous poll where FDP was bigger. And FDP is part of the ruling coalition. That was the logic I used. But sorry to hear if you are disappointed that they didnt feature.
Weil die Linkspartei an der Grenze zur Irrelevanz steht. Die Gurken irgendwo bei 3% rum. Welcher Komiker interessiert sich denn für putingeile altkommunisten🤮
the left is utterly irrelevant. BSW will be a player at least in east germany
where is Bündnis Deutschland?
I am German but American German so I can’t vote unless I get my birth right citizenship by going to the Embassy
Do it vote afd 😂
@@phiizzurp1200 nah man CDU/EPP all the way I want a federal europe
Von Der Leyen ( Dehors) !
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht is not left wing! The limit would be left-conservative. The people of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht doesn’t even Liebe to get called left
Most of Sahra Wagenknecht's voters come from the AfD so yeah, she's everything except left wing
Do Greece
Petr Bystroň 🇨🇿
In Romania, the biggest and most influential party is SDP (Social Democrat Party). What you said is wrong.
As a Romanian, not sure. The old people used to vote SDP (or PSD as we call them). Now, after their governance along with NLP (National Liberal Party - PNL) I expect both of these to lose votes and **need** to get used to one another.
@@Hardcore_Remixer Ce voiam să spun e că există un partid social democrat în România, chiar dacă nu la nivelul celui din Germania. 😅
Ei spuseseră că nu există un partid ca SDP în România, ceea ce nu e adevărat, măcar în teorie.
@tio301 ce a vrut sa spuna este ca SDP si PSD sunt entitati diferite, cu conduceri diferite care sunt afiliate doar la nivel european prin S&D, precum exemplu cu Les Republucans si CDU, majoritatea europartidelor, printre care se numara si PES si EPP au o structura bottom. Exista partide care au structuri mai top down, in care cei de la conducerea europartidului au putere mai multa asupra partidelor nationale, similar cu la noi partidul national are putere asupra celor locale. Cel mai mare europartid structurat asa as spune ca este EGP (European Green Party), dar un exemplu foarte bun de partid cu asemenea structura, care a fost gandit asa de la inceput spre deosebire de Verzi, este Volt Europa, filiala germana a fost menționată in video cand vorbea despre partide mai mici.
Sarah waagenknecht is not left wing my friend
My friend how can you judge Sahra Wagenknecht`s political positions if you are not even capable of writing neither her first name nor her last name correctly?
Sahra Wagenknecht´s political positions are left wing in economic politics and social politics but rather liberal-conservative and anti - woke in the cultural field.
I think in Serbia they call the EU the Fourth Reich
8:18 Mario Draghi
Electing Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission will be disastrous.
it doesnt matter
since I'm an environmentalist I hope the greens lose a lot of votes.
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@@grovert4life The German Greens are against science
Same, but thankfully it seems like more and more Germans are changing their attitudes towards nuclear power
@@diegoyuiop Right! Hopefully, a day will come when antinuclearism is perceived as flat-Earthism is perceived today.
Well said, time to finally distinguish real care for climate with whatever this hippie pro-russian and borderline neo-marxist "Green Party" is.
I don't think this overview gave a good overview on the parties. Acting like the CDU/CSU, AfD and BSW are comparable migration is just misinforming. The Union supports some restrictions on immigration but s far more moderate. This makes it seem like their major difference to the AfD is just the Pro-EU stance. I don't know if this done in an attempt to simplify to reach a wider audience but tbh I don't think there are many people that are into politics and get confused by political parties having small differences that matter in the long term. People aren't that stupid that they will get confused. I believe someone that doesn't know about German politics would be confused why some of the parties aren't working together. The CDU/CSU defenitely doesn't support "VERY strict migration" laws. I have no idea where you got that from.
It also didn't really explain the BSW. Wagenknecht supports syncretic politics, being left-wing on economics and right-wing and pro-Russia on essentially all social issues. Similarly the opposition to buerocracy is mainly driven by economic liberalism and more freedom for company owners. Saying they are the only party to oppose ineffective buerocracy is incorrect and just taken out of their election program without any critical analysis. If you think there is too much buerocracy but also support workers rights and unions you still wouldn't even entertain voting for the FDP.
Something else mentioned by others is the lack of any analysis of the "smaller parties" but especially the Left and the Free Voters both of which poll over 5% and get more support than "major" parties in many states. Parties such as Volt, ÖDP, THE PARTY or the Pirate Party are also household names for any German thats somewhat into party politics with the ÖDP especially having name recognition in Bavaria and The Party, Volt or Pirate Parties gaining in some cases double didgit support.
I also don't think anyone would click of a video about EU elections in Germany because they learn about 12 instead of 6 parties especially because parties like The PARTY are just memorable to anyone that learns about them.
Sahra Wagenknecht is right on all social policies? Support of same sex marriage (which CDU was against of) is right wing? Support of legalization of weed is right wing? Support of legal abortion is right wing? Support of the idea that "people of different cultural backgrounds can coexist" is right wing? No weapon export and no military intervention is right wing?
😂 I am amused how Germans tend to define someone right wing because that political subject is calling for sricter immigration policies and doesn't want to support Ukraine militarily. The same Germans think that SPD and Greens are left wing because exporting weapon to Israel and Saudi Arabia during ethnic cleansing in Gaza and Yemen is such a left wing policy, supporting the racist right wing Israeli government is such s left wing policy, being supportive of car industry is such an environmentalist left wing policy, cutting budget for research and giving more to military is such a left wing policy, and privatisation of healthcare and public transport is such a left wing policy.😂
@@withoutshadowww "Support of same sex marriage (which CDU was against of) is right wing?"
Incorrect. A significant portion of the CDU/CSU voted for gay marriage.
"Support of legalization of weed is right wing?"
Drug legalization isn't really right or left-wing. Right-libertarians are also pro-weed.
"Support of legal abortion is right wing?"
Unable to find any source. Current legal abortion laws are also known to be strict in Germany.
"Support of the idea that "people of different cultural backgrounds can coexist" is right wing?"
I have no context for this.
"No army export and no military intervention is right wing?"
Neo-nazi party III. Way is also pro palestine and anti weapons export. Also there is no ARMY EXPORT OR MILITARY INTERVENTION. It doesnt make you left or right-leaning.
@@DGAMINGEN Oh, please, it's well known that even Angela Merkel didn't vote for same sex marriage but abstained. MOST of CDU supporters either abstained or voted against. Not to mention that previously (when CDU was in coalition with FDP) they absolutely voted against. CSU just 2-3 years ago introduced lgbt in their programme, because they didn't want to be the only parliamentarian homophobes together with AFD.
So, don't lie here, please.
CDU is a strong supporter of imperialism (although all parliamentarian German parties except Die Linke nowadays kinda are) - CDU even supported the criminal US invasion of Iraq (luckily they were not in power back but SPD and Greens who were against). CDU loves exporting weapons to conflictual zones more then the others (not the only one I repeat), they are against dual citizenship, they support privatisations, they support car industry and highways over public transport, they don't care so much about climate change and global ecological justice, they support surveillance of citizens, etc. Of course they are on the right side of the spectrum in the Western and Northern European context. They used to be much more right wing, xenophobic, conservative, nationalistic, homophobic, authoritarian some decades ago, though.
Tell me what Sahra's right wing policies are, apart from being for restrictive immigration measures (although I could remind you that Socialist Party of Netherlands has the same position)? Maybe because she calls Gaza an open prison... for German citizens that's a right wing position? 🤣 I guess that Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and all green and socialist parties outside the post-Nazi space (Germany and Austria) are also very right wing in that case. 😅
Btw, neo-Nazi party doesn't want to export weapon because they are isolationists, not because they care of human rights and threat of genocide, and has a pacifist agenda. The same with AFD -- they are a strong supporter of Israeli government because they have similar right wing policies, and they have no problem with more dead Muslims (they might love it), while the Green party has a different reason for supporting the weapon export even though the immoral and criminal ones of course (common for German post-Nazi confused subjects). After all, they have been brought to the Hague court these days. 😅
Also when it comes to export of weapon -- all democratic socialist and left green parties are against it across Europe (just look at Scandinavia), while all parliamentarian right wing and conservative parties are in support of it (you can also look at the same countries). Therefore, that policy of Sahra W. is a typical left wing policy, as many others policies of her. Go educate yourself, left is not just about identity politics, and restrictive immigration is not enough to be right wing (liberals often support more immigration because they want cheap exploitative labour, and liberals are center to right, not left by any mean).
You have no context in regards to "coexistence of people of different cultural backgrounds"? Well, work on it. You can easily find online even some CDU/CSU politicians saying that Muslims/Islam doesn't belong to Germany or something similar, but you won't find that kind of discourse from Sahra W -- because simply she is not a right wing conservative and her worries in regards to immigration belong to a different context.
Open up for the views, perspective and experiences from the outside. Don't be an autistic victim of the parochial pseudo-intellectual German simplifications.
Ich bin so froh dass ich nicht mehr wählen gehen aber bin gespannt auf die nächste Wahl ich gehe nicht mehr wählen auf keinen Fall ❤❤
Europa nicht den Leyen überlassen
I really like these videos, but I would encourage you to use more neutral language when discussing policies. In this video on immigration you have the greens and SPD as “fair migration policies.” That being their stated position is fine, but from a 3rd party analysis providing a positive statement like that makes it seem like the positive policy from the watchers perspective, especially compared to the “very strict” terminology used for other parties which comes across more extreme and thus negative. Consider using another term for their less strict migration policies.
Overall great video though, always looking forward to the next one!
Fair point. Will take it with me.
However, the word “fair” can also mean something like “moderate or balanced” as the mid-point between “strict” and “loose or tolerant”, which hasn’t been used here. Myself, i would categorise the SPD as “fair” and the Greens as more tolerant in case of migration.
Well, if EPP keep its political act intact then they might convince more voters in the few months they have left.
If they win, then Ukraine is secure as the support continues.
missing portugal
as an american, i really enjoy watching these kinds of videos. lets me take a step back from the horrors of american politics
I am going to vote for the first time in Germany in this upcoming election. My political views align most closely with Die Grünen and Die Linke, but I have significant reservations about both parties.
I am not happy about the decision to shut down nuclear power plants, leading to an increased reliance on coal power. This is just stupid. Moreover, while I initially supported Die Grünen's stance on Israel, their continued support has become unacceptable in my view, as Israel has gone way beyond just defending themselves and by this point they are complicit in Israels crimes.
Conversely, my hesitation with Die Linke stems from their refusal to support Ukraine, alongside my discomfort with some extreme views held by a few of its members.
Then maybe the SPD might be a good choice for you?
Most of the time when a proposal is approved in the parliament it's because it's a compromise between the the "three center parties" S&D (which the SPD is in) as well as Renew and EPP. I think this center block is a really good thing because it usually means that only reasonable decisions make it through that take multiple different views into account. Very one-sided or outlandish proposals usually don't get approved.
I know that center leaning parties like the SPD are often perceived as "too compromising" but the ability to compromise is exactly what we need.
Of course the ultimate decision is up to you. I just wanted to share the thoughts I had when I was reading your comment.
@@1LPMx1SPD is even more supportive of ethnic cleansing in Gaza than Greens are, Olaf Scholz should be brought to the Hague court indeed. Also, their environmental policies are weak, quite conservative.
Die Linke and ÖDP are the only ones with good, progressive and concrete environmental policies.
For the love of god, whatever you do, do not vote for the SPD.
We've got a saying over here;
"Wer hat uns Verraten? Sozialdemokraten!"
"Who betrayed us? socialdemocrats!"
Vote anything but AfD, CDU or SPD.
Nuclear shutdown in Germany was decided way before Grüne came to power and can't be undone realistically by any party. Also they just shut down multiple coal plants, so I don't see the increase reliance on coal power.
With Linke we have to wait for there EU Program and so on to see what they want, because they just split and the pro-Putin and anti-Migrant people left to make their own Party, the BSW.
You sound like CDU
Since when is Ursula a conservative...
The CDU is not centre-right. These times are sadly gone
Yes, with Merz they certainly shifted away from the centre...
@@Minuku42 Yes. Now they are left like all the other old parties. He even wants a coalition with the greens...
@@nick66914 What are you talking about? Do you keep up with what the CDU and CSU are demanding and doing? They are firmly right-wing. Stop biting into Russian propaganda.
@@Minuku42 That has nothing to do with Russian propaganda.
It seems that you're just stupid.
The CDU since Merkel has been left-wing conservative, which is why the vacuum opened up for the AfD. Merz is trying to move more towards the center, but the split with the Werte Union means they are losing another conservative wing. If the CDU is more left-wing than the Social Democrats in Denmark on the crucial issue, then they are not right-wing!
@@nick66914 Left?! 😂 Sure, more economic competition, more weapon export, less subsidies for public transport, no legal weed, no gay marriage... Very left wing😂
can you make a video about "DieLinke"?
Who wants a video about a irrelevant group
Wahlboykott voting never changes anything
would be funny to see AfD leading in EU
if CDU/CSU is "centre" right i dont know where right seems to be because even the most right wing parties aren't that radical at the moment
Oh no not Epp or Renew. Their view on climate, corporations and neoliberalism is so depressing.
Absolutely agree.
As a French, I'm glad that such a party mine the CDU CSU is as popular, but I don't understand why they're not part of Renew Europe European party. I feel like their European party is much more right leaning than them
I think that the CDU/CSU (also just called "Union") is on a national level more right leaning than on the EU level. Especially since Friedrich Merz is the leader of the party, the "Union" has shifted more and more too the right.
Renew Europe is maybe too liberal and EPP is a christan democratic liberal-conversative right fraction
@@bene_nagisa6185 oh so that is the reason why I kinda like him
@@bene_nagisa6185thank god they did. We didn’t have a proper Conservative Party for a long time. Only a pseudo conservative CDU and the next thing on the right were the Nzis. The right shift of the CDU was crucial 🖤
@@bene_nagisa6185it has shifted back to where it was before Merkel tried to fish for liberal voters, and thats a good thing
BSW is definitely not left-wing
Yeah the big ones are complete rubbish, Volt is the solutions
Es wird sowieso die Partei gewählt denn sie ist sehr gut
Left-wing its like socialist or communists? If yes, how they exist in Europe after 1945-1991? (I'm ukrainian not so smart in eu-processes and we banned all far left or right parties)
They are just pro social safety nets. Socialist parties in eu are social democrats. They simp for capital and join in on imperialism.
But advocate for a more humane capitalism
90% of parties in eu are soc dems
Most of them don't really advocate for communism and rather a stronger safety-net for the people. So good health care, financial safety for people in need, taxing the rich more. This kinda stuff
left wing usually in a social democratic way, purposefully detached from the authoritarian model from the soviets. the youtuber 'kraut' made a great video about the origins and what the "ideal" values of social democracy look like (video: "How Denmark invented Social Democracy"). Nowadays the left wing is defined mostly through pushing for social equality, climate policies and improved welfare. Germany has some tiny, tiny far-left parties that genuinely advocate for communism but they have VERY little support.
Nationalist/populist far right has been gaining more popularity, however.
hope that clears some things up! have a great day!
Die Partei = Party for work?😂😂
CDU strict migration laws? Funny.
Good video, but the informations about the parties are wrong(not all, but as a German I can tell you that)
Pls don’t vote Green/AfD, CDU, FDP, SPD, vote for BSW
AfD für immer
Hat einer die von den Grünen schonmal gesehen?
Ne
Nice presentation. You even made AfD and the Greens sound reasonable 😄.
VoteVolt
"national parties like the SPD" what a joke
National in the sense that it's a party on the national level, not on the european lvl
@@doncarlos4099 that might make more sense. Thanks for telling me
Sahra Wagenknecht party is a joke party. I mean you could always vote for a party that believes you could give Putin a big hug and he'd stop attacking or you could tell yourself that it's a waste of time trying to understand this parties point of view.
The greens are definitely not Centre-left…
I can see them as centre-left, but in the last few years it really felt like they were moving more towards the centre and less left...
@@Minuku42 the hell? Theyre far left my guy
@@siempresonrie5924 lmao you don't believe that yourself, do you?
@@Minuku42 The greens are far left extremists.
Eco-fascists is fitting.
Greens rot very fast and become brown shit
@@Minuku42 ‘Selbstbestimmungsgesetz’
It will be better a man.
CDU and very strict migration laws? 😂
Millions of illegal immigrants say that this is just blabla,. 😁
This channel is leftist and represents all that’s rotting and killing Europe
they dont say anything cuz they are waiting for their passports, then they will speak up for their interestes without being deported
Thisguyharbeckisabsolutelybrillisntwillhebethenextchancillor
ei CDU kannata tiukkoja maahanmuuttosääntöjä, jos kannattaisi, niin he olisivat jo toimineet noin, Angela Merkel lupasi päinvastoin ottaa kaikki vastaan, ..
Me: Trying to convince my Polish family EU is not a German-run organization that wants to dominate central Europe
The beginning of the video: 💀
Typical PiS mindset hahaha Greetings from Germany
Support AfD/ ID
100%
Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht has many attributes that are generally associated with the Right, especially when it comes to foreign politics and migration. To say it is a traditional left-wing party is not giving this party justice. Often this party is described as picking the worst from both the left and the right...
Well it is a traditional left wing party in the sense that left wing parties used to never were pro immigration. They are basically classical left wing without the modern “wokeness”
Man is a conservative left party. That’s how democracy works. There is a lot of people on the left who want to have better opportunities for workers. And against capitalism. SPD is pro war, pro less payment (worsen per capita), and pro coal. It got bourgeois and capitalist.
They're clearly just Kremlin funded Putin bootlickers. Both the far left and the far right love Putin. So no surprise here.
The party of Sarah is the best one because is not a slave of USA. EU was created to transfom Europe in a big american colony
Sahra Wagenknecht is right wing especially because of her foreign policies? According to you -- exporting weapon to the racist right wing Israeli government and the authoritarian Saudi Arabia (particularly during ethnic cleansings) is a left wing policy, and being in general against weapon export and against military intervention is a right wing policy? 😅 Omg, education in Germany apparently sucks, but brainwashing is fabulous indeed.
Sahra W. supported gay marriage, legalization of weed, she doesn't question abortion... supporting more restrictive immigration policies doesn't mean you are automatically right wing. In that case, SPD and Greens are suuuuper right wing considering their pro-war and pro-ethnic cleansing policies, and terrible restrictions of freedom of speech.
The Afd is not anti europe, its anti-eu, thats a big difference
AFD is PRO Europe 💪
The United Kingdom is still on the European continent.
A good example of anti-EU but not anti-Europe…
The FDP ist not centre right. It is centre-centre
No it is centre-right because it is pro economic freedom
They are like Libertarians pro economic freedom free market capitalism
I'm torn. On the one hand the traffic light parties must be humiliated, but on the other hand Ursula has to suffer a massive defeat. Who's left to vote for?
There are some nice small parties.
AfD
AfD. The only question which remains is whether you want to be a host or a guest in your own country.
Ursula is opposed to Netanyahu, that makes her good in my book
The traffic light parties of course. Or did you people never learn your lesson to always vote for moderates?
CDU : "they support very strict migration laws" 😂😂 that's a good one dude, I stopped watching after that, I just can't take you seriously after you made that comment
I am just reporting what their manifesto says.