Summary
Thousands of Germans protested the CDU/CSU party for collaborating with the far-right AfD to pass anti-immigration legislation.
The move, seen as a breach of a post-war taboo against extremist parties, sparked outrage and accusations of making AfD extremism socially acceptable.
The CDU/CSU argues the legislation is necessary due to concerns about immigration and recent attacks by individuals who should have been deported.
Good thing Germany has actual proportional representation, and not gerrymandered districts under FPTP that causes voter apathy, as with some ahem other country… 👀
Still have voter apathy, rising fascism and a bunch of supposedly progressive parties that have moved strongly to the right, with truly left/progressive parties being almost irrelevant.
We have both actually, that’s why we get two votes. It’s still fptp but with a hotfix for proportionality applied.
They had that during the Weimar republic too but err…
There are more democratic reforms needed and a lot of how politics functions is based on the culture and current attitude.