Politically, little has changed in the last decade. There hasn’t been any major political shift away from anything in the last years.
All political parties, for example, share the view that it is important to preserve the welfare state. They might propose little tweaks here and there but that’s about it. There is no controversy about the fundamentals. The “socialist” party is not socialist at all and the “libertarian” party is not libertarian at all.
When I look at the current governing coalition I see it much more as a continuation of Kohl’s coalition.
Finally HN turned into a political forum. (Tongue in cheek)
The downfall of most parties is due to the fact that they do have no distinct marks anymore. For many socialdemocratic parties in Europe this began with embracing neocon agenda's. Christdemocratic parties turn to nature preservation, ecological parties advocate engagement in afghanistan ...
Tells me that the era of differences is over, calling parties extreme left or right in european parliaments is mostly uninformed bogus.
All political parties, for example, share the view that it is important to preserve the welfare state. They might propose little tweaks here and there but that’s about it. There is no controversy about the fundamentals. The “socialist” party is not socialist at all and the “libertarian” party is not libertarian at all.
When I look at the current governing coalition I see it much more as a continuation of Kohl’s coalition.