I’d say it’s more about the poorer areas wanting a change either with the afd or linke/bsw
Yeah thanks. That was sorta my initial guess, and I think it makes sense.
This split is also part of the reason for their gains in the West as more left leaning people who are hesitant to be associated with the old school communist now have a party.
Ah, that’s interesting. Where do the Greens sit in this? Are they not particularly left in Germany?
From what I hear the greens are pretty centrist. Like the democrats in the u.s. but with more of an emphasis on sustainability, but slowly and progressively. They tend to want to preserve the existing social safety net but not expand it like a more left wing party would, or substantially raise taxes on the wealthy. Foreign policy they’re pro Israel and pro Ukraine, as opposed to a lot of left parties that are split on Ukraine but more solidly pro palestine.
They cater to the educated middle to upper middle class urban liberals who want to see some progress on climate changes, which is less of a radical stance outside the u.s., but don’t want a radical shake up in the economic system.
You can check out there German Wikipedia page, most browsers will translate enough to understand these days.
Ohh wow. Ooof. I had assumed they’d be pretty similar to the Australian Greens. I don’t know why exactly I assumed that, given I know for a fact the UK Greens and US Greens are both much less left, but that was the assumption I made. Shame it’s not true, especially if they end up being part of the governing coalition after this election.
Yeah thanks. That was sorta my initial guess, and I think it makes sense.
Ah, that’s interesting. Where do the Greens sit in this? Are they not particularly left in Germany?
From what I hear the greens are pretty centrist. Like the democrats in the u.s. but with more of an emphasis on sustainability, but slowly and progressively. They tend to want to preserve the existing social safety net but not expand it like a more left wing party would, or substantially raise taxes on the wealthy. Foreign policy they’re pro Israel and pro Ukraine, as opposed to a lot of left parties that are split on Ukraine but more solidly pro palestine.
They cater to the educated middle to upper middle class urban liberals who want to see some progress on climate changes, which is less of a radical stance outside the u.s., but don’t want a radical shake up in the economic system.
You can check out there German Wikipedia page, most browsers will translate enough to understand these days.
Ohh wow. Ooof. I had assumed they’d be pretty similar to the Australian Greens. I don’t know why exactly I assumed that, given I know for a fact the UK Greens and US Greens are both much less left, but that was the assumption I made. Shame it’s not true, especially if they end up being part of the governing coalition after this election.