Ever since the Supreme Court struck down the climate fund as unconstitutional, leaving a shortfall amounting to billions in the budget, the government has been preparing to claw this back through massive cuts in social spending.
There’s an election planned for the second half of 2025, but people have been calling for a snap election. Government doesn’t want it because they’ve been cratering horribly.
It’s funny that the SPD still tries to govern despite its imminent catastrophic collapse.
I’m not up on the details of German politics, what’s needed to trigger an election?
There’s an election planned for the second half of 2025, but people have been calling for a snap election. Government doesn’t want it because they’ve been cratering horribly.
if these clowns cling to power till 2025, RIP Germany
It’ll be dead no matter what. Most likely reverting back to Merkelism with a healthy dose of right wing nationalism in the AfD
You’re right, I don’t really see any path to sanity there either.
Unless you define sanity as repeating the same policy failures that led to this current moment, I will concur.
Which, of course, will make things worse.
I mean it’ll likely the last time the SPD will matter.