Berlin, that other potential capital of Europe has voted today, and Chancellor Merkel’s ConDem alliance has not done well. This follows the election of a Social Democrat led government in Denmark earlier this week. Is Northern Europe turning left? German Wave, aka Deutsche Welle reports the Berlin results here.
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The Social Democrat Mayor looks likely to retain his position. The right-wing CDU/FDP alliance loose share, the FDP, a bit like Britain’s Liberals no longer have any representation; they failed to meet the threshold winning 1.8% of the vote, Die Linke loose share, it looks like the Greens have overtaken them, and the Pirate Party win seats with 8.5% of the poll; this leave Klaus Wowereit, the SDP leader and Mayoral candidate with a choice as to his coalition partners.
The theory of committees suggests a smaller coalition with a secure majority is easier to manage and I am not an expert in the politics of the programmes of the contending parties, but I have some respect for Rick Valkfinge’s suggestion that the Pirates are today’s successors to the Reds and Greens. It’d be good, in my mind if they could create a rainbow alliance, and something we should consider in the UK!