German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a confidence vote following the collapse of his coalition government. He has lost the vote, paving the way for elections in February. DW has the latest.
I feel you, man. I had to make a feddit account, just to spread the facts.
Still an epitome of democracy
Well… I guess they knew it was in vain to vote for trust anyway. Not sure If everybody really believes in Olaf Scholz still, but by voting for distrust (no matter if that would change anything), it would cause too much party politic issues, and a bad image for the SPD if they all voted distrust. Of course, it’s still fooling people If the majority voted for trust, but don’t believe in the chancellor anymore. But I guess to properly represent the people who voted for SPD, it’s the better move. While I don’t know any younger folks still believing in SPD, some older people still do, and by voting for distrust, I think, they would have fooled the people voting SPD even more. I don’t know If the people who voted SDP still believe in them, but I think it’s the right image portrayed, that a party stands behind their elected leader, especially with the upcoming elections, where Olaf Scholz is their leader again. I guess they will have to stick with him for now, even though there would be more suited people in the SPD, with less negative press (cum-ex) affiliated with them.
I know a few (former) SPD members who are quite pissed off at the party and what Schröder and Scholz turned it into. Their story is all the same. They are old-school social democrats who fail to see any social democracy in the party the SPD has become.
I feel you, man. I had to make a feddit account, just to spread the facts.
Well… I guess they knew it was in vain to vote for trust anyway. Not sure If everybody really believes in Olaf Scholz still, but by voting for distrust (no matter if that would change anything), it would cause too much party politic issues, and a bad image for the SPD if they all voted distrust. Of course, it’s still fooling people If the majority voted for trust, but don’t believe in the chancellor anymore. But I guess to properly represent the people who voted for SPD, it’s the better move. While I don’t know any younger folks still believing in SPD, some older people still do, and by voting for distrust, I think, they would have fooled the people voting SPD even more. I don’t know If the people who voted SDP still believe in them, but I think it’s the right image portrayed, that a party stands behind their elected leader, especially with the upcoming elections, where Olaf Scholz is their leader again. I guess they will have to stick with him for now, even though there would be more suited people in the SPD, with less negative press (cum-ex) affiliated with them.
tl;dr: Don’t trust people on the internet ;)
I know a few (former) SPD members who are quite pissed off at the party and what Schröder and Scholz turned it into. Their story is all the same. They are old-school social democrats who fail to see any social democracy in the party the SPD has become.
I never have.
Source: Am a person on the internet.
“Wer hat uns verraten” …
Unfortunately an old SPD tradition dating back more than a century…