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The AfD might get into the parliament, but as of now their chances of getting into power are extremely slim. They would effectively have to gain 40-50 % of the votes, as other parties are very unlikely to want a coalition with them, and are now at below 10 %.
One of their party members said that Germany should do a "180° turn" when it comes to how the remembering of the Nazi history should be handled, and called the monument in memory of those killed during the holocaust a "shame", so you might be able to understand why. At least some other ones want him gone from the party, but this is far from the only person and only time they said something that makes them people you really don't want to govern with.
Also, in what way has Merkel been "nothing but trouble"? Germany is economically better off than almost all of its neighbors, and has despite their huge population and recent influx of refugees surprisingly little problems. They do have problems, for sure, but not on the scale that many feared would come. Living in a somewhat remote city of Germany myself, I can actually attest to that. Never had any problems outside or so myself, even though there are both a number of right-wing extremists and refugees here.
Hello Alossa :)
I'm not apologizing for inactivity or really coming back, just checking in real quick and saying hello to everyone.
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To play devil's advocate here, Merkel isn't exactly the reason that the German economy is great. From my understanding, it was her predecessor that installed the economic policies that allowed for Germany's impressive growth, but he was booted out because the economic improvement didn't come in time for his re-election bid. Merkel's policies have mostly been inoffensive and standard: proposals for Keynesian action when growth slows, ignoring the economy when the growth is good. She's like Obama in that regard: certainly not an economic savior, but also can't really be blamed for bad turns.
How you feel about Merkel depends pretty much entirely on how you feel about the European Union and about her handling of Syrian refugees. If you are a fan of the EU and believe that her actions with the refugee crisis were good (as I do), then odds are you like her. If you were a Brexiteer/anti-EU and believe that her insistence on accepting refugees was disastrous for Europe and Germany, odds are you want her out.
Honestly, for whatever reason she's become such a political symbol for the establishment that I don't really believe anything that is said about here unless the source is German (and even then I take it with plenty of grains of salt).
Suit yourself however you like. Seems most folks on Nationstates'll work with a few flags before they find one that speaks to them. Course, there's some that are happy with their 1st flag and stick with it. Depends on the person.
Yeah, I haven't ever changed my flag in more than three years :P
Course you hadn't. You're Jute. Would be nice to switch it up every once in a while, but your flag does suit your nation real good. It's become iconic.
Quite frankly, I don't hardly know anything about Merkel, but I don't really want her to step down or nothing. She's been leading Germany for so long, I've gotten used to it and it'd be a bit hard for me to think of anybody else in that position. Irrational, I know, but that's just the way I feel about it.
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