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🗓️ 6 May 2025
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Germany is in political upheaval after an unprecedented post-election fallout. Despite winning the parliamentary majority, Friedrich Merz and the CDU failed to secure enough votes to form a government, marking a historic rejection of the presumed chancellor. This episode unpacks the dramatic rise of the AfD, the collapse of establishment coalitions, and the German deep state’s attempt to suppress a surging populist wave.
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[00:21] Friedrich Merz of CDU wins the election, but fails to secure a governing majority
[02:12] CDU refuses to form coalition with AfD (who placed in second)
[04:38] AfD overtakes CDU in national polls as backlash grows
[07:39] German intelligence labels AfD "extremist," sparking legal and political firestorm
[09:26] Merz began backtracking on all of his campaign promises, didn’t get the votes to be Chancellor
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0:21.4 | The speaker of the father. The session is resumed, and I would like to announce the results |
0:30.2 | of voting. 630 members, 621 votes cast invalid votes one, votes in favor, 310 of MPs that votes against |
0:42.4 | 307, abstentions three. Friedrich Merz did not reach the necessary majority, 316, according to |
0:53.6 | Article 63 of the basic law. |
0:56.9 | He has not been elected, federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. |
1:02.5 | The session will be interrupted. |
1:04.8 | I would like to ask the parliamentary groups to deliberate, |
1:07.9 | and I will allow a gong to be sounded when we are ready to resume. |
1:13.5 | Another political earthquake rocks Europe for the first time ever. |
1:19.8 | The winner of the parliamentary election and presumed Chancellor of Germany has failed to secure |
1:25.7 | enough parliamentary votes to assume office. |
1:28.9 | This is absolutely astonishing. |
1:31.3 | Friedrich Meertz, the leader of the CDU party, Angela Merkel's former party. |
1:36.5 | They're basically Germany's version of the neocons, the Mitt Romneys of Berlin, as it were. |
1:42.9 | Well, Merz helped to lead his party to victory in their last parliamentary elections in February, |
1:48.7 | but they failed to win an outright majority. |
1:51.6 | And that is because of the massive surge in popularity of the one and only AFD, |
1:57.0 | the alternative for Deutschland, who are Germany's Patriot Party, their MAGA party. |
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