Let's Talk About The German Political Situation...

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0:00 The Situation
1:30 Rise of the AfD
5:37 The New BSW Party
7:06 Political Framing
10:00 What this means for Germany

[admiraljodix]

Thanks for such a balanced take, it's rare to see and it's even nicer to see that the issues or possible reasons for people voting for these parties isn't demonized for once.

[sekborg]

This video is way better balanced than I expected. I wasn't expecting an unbalanced video based on you as a person, but based on the political news in germany during the last few weeks.
As always: fantastic video

[Spacemarine]

You forgot to mention two important points in your video: the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine. 2-3 years after the refugee crisis of 2015, the AfD had lost voters again, but gained support from critics of COVID policies. However, the largest increase in support came with the war in Ukraine. Before the war, the German economy was extremely dependent on Russian gas, which had to be quickly replaced. Additionally, another 1 million refugees from Ukraine came to Germany, and Germany is also the second-largest financial supporter of Ukraine after the USA. All of this had significant effects on the German economy. Both the AfD and the BSW are very critical of the aid provided to Ukraine. Furthermore, the relationship with Russia differs greatly between East and West Germany, which is also a reason why these two parties are much more successful in East Germany.

[Rouricht]

Its not that hard to explain this results:
1. Germans are not nazis and don't strive for rassism. Only a few non relevant numbers here are still nazis (In the USA are more than in germany btw)
2. Our political system is democratic and while it's true that we can vote as we like, the most parteys just pretty much alligned their ambitions in similar ways, so you CAN vote but it does not differ that much who, since there are no parteys, which represent what a lot of germans want at the moment. (Point 3)
3. Education, wealth, being safe in the public at night, culture etc. are endangered by the bad management of refugees. We are not against them, to put it simple: We cannot pay for them anymore. We have no money left to feed and care for them. It's just not possible. (Our goverment also tried to manipulate the numbers in our yearly finances because they did not wanted to tell the people that we are broke and wanted to continiue with their not working politics.)
4. A LOT of people vote for the AfD, not because they are nazis but pretty much have no other choice. We basicly don't want the AfD to lead germany, we just don't have any other possibility to show the goverment that we are tired of all this same bullshit again and again happening the last 20 years. Our country does not have any more money left. Schools are not working, Living spaces are too expensive which forces people on the streets. Food became too expensive. Yes. I am talking about germany, not some third base country daily stuff.

[johnmills]

My adult children left South Africa 3 years ago for a safer, crime free Germany . They are thriving job wise, but I think the events in Solingen were worrisome for them . They lived in Solingen for their first year and have since moved not too far away .I was there for a month in April, and was aware of the demographics of the area, especially on the trains where German is less often spoken. I worked for Siemens in the 90's and the difference to now is vast. I empathise with the Germans wanting to return to traditional values like a social contract that has responsibilities as well as benefits for sustainability.

[Peter_Cetera]

It's not that the AfD is so great, it's that the traditional parties are failing so badly

[thomasbartzick]

Well done! Great analysis! Most regards from NRW! 🙂

[crazygermanviper]

I really like you man. Cool dude, very authentic. Good content. Very well thought through and articulated. Like it

[RamboPresident]

I was born in Germany and have been living here ever since (Frankfurt area). Let me tell you, every day there are stabbings now. The people have had enough! I am 100% of Turkish heritage, my grandfather was one of the first Turkish workers coming in the 60s. So I am the first generation that was actually born here. I identify as German and while still the majority of Afghans, Syrians and so on are nice people who don’t do any harm, those who do really shift the view and opinions. Also, our chancellor who is famous for his missing memory, is considered anti Germany. They have all the money for wars, refugees and other stuff, but our retired people who have build Germany after WW2 have to collect bottles (25 cent each) because they don’t get enough pension even though they have worked for 50 years!!!

[zed]

My grandparents emigrated to the US from Germany, and I've always been interested in our family history and Germany in general. I've even looked into applying for dual German citizenship by descent, so I've become more interested in the politics of Germany lately.

I appreciate the effort that went into making this video and how you presented the information. However, it might have been helpful, especially for Americans, if you highlighted a bit more about how governing works in Germany.

In America's essentially two-party system, the winning party gets to govern whether or not they actually win a majority (see extremely gerrymandered states like Wisconsin and North Carolina). But, as I understand it from my early reading, Germany has a multi-party system and seats in the state and federal parliament are proportionally allocated by the number of votes each party receives. That means that even though the AfD won a plurality of votes (32.8%) in Thuringia that doesn't mean that they automatically control the state parliament. The other parties also won seats and, without any party winning a clear majority, it's up to the parties to negotiate and form a governing coalition, where multiple parties band together to have a majority.

Even so, the AfD, as I understand it, with one-third of the seats in parliament will be in a position to block proposals put forward in the parliament making governing more challenging.

Again, this is my interpretation of German governance as a newbie based on what I've learned so far. If I am wrong in anything that I've said, please let me know, as I want to learn more about the topic.

[gunnarsteinseifer]

Hello NALF,
perhaps you can make a comparison of the political positions in Germany and the USA.
I am sure that positions that are seen as center-right in Germany would be seen as very far on the left spectrum in the USA.

[itsraining]

Hey man, I just wanted to say: Love your videos. As a filmmaker, I appreciate not just the content, but your craft. Your framing, the storytelling, and editing, is so much better than most of the other Youtubers reviewing Germany out there. It's a very enjoyable watch.

[abrakadaver]

Expected a lecture, found a fair overview.

[mitasol]

Thanks, Nalf I am flattered and astouned by your interest and insight in the complex political situation in our country. These are difficult times and I am grateful for every unbiased view on these very critical themes

[XY-uctw]

As long as illegal migration continues, there is no solution to Germany's problem. Different from the US, Germany has social state.
You can not have open borders and a social state at the same time....

[johnlabus]

I was in Germany in 2015 and saw the unhappiness with the refugee situation on an S Bahn train. I was in a train car with a group of refugees and at each stop, other passengers about to step into the car, would see them and would they'd leave to go into another car. I saw this happen at each stop. It wasn't until they left that I witnessed other passengers use the car I was in.

[tomorrowneverdies]

Here in Greece where I live, I am afraid to express my thoughts to certain people, such as my boss, because I am afraid they will fire me. Not very democratic...

[rewboss]

I've always advocated empathy, debate, and taking people's problems seriously. Unfortunately, whenever I do, the loudest voices belong to those who just start telling me that I'm nothing but a Nazi apologist. Apparently, everyone who votes even once for AfD is a xenophobic Nazi and will always be a xenophobic Nazi, so they must be ostracized and resisted so that they won't be "emboldened" to say or do anything.

The second-loudest voices, of course, come from the people who tell me that the AfD isn't "extreme" right, how could I dare say such a thing, it's what the CDU used to be before Merkel turned it "woke", the AfD stands for true democracy, law and order, and all the stuff I've heard about them is MSM lies.

I have a bad feeling about this...

[LordKosmos]

Very good video on the complex situation of German politics.

Also my 5 €uro cent to this: The established parties fail once and again to really communicate with the people out there.

This does not mean that all they do is bad and detrimental to us but they cannot reach the bulk of the base voters anymore. Some are either too arrogant and self-centered, than to recognize fears and needs of the people and other cannot get into contact on a community level, to relay those decisions and hear the needs. This is a problem for all sides by the way and made it very easy for populist parties to claim "easy" answers to complex problems. People feel there is a need of change and there is of course. But the radical change those parties stand for will be even worse than the current status. The ruling government had and has to give more insight, be more transparent in their doing and why something they do is better (in their eyes) than another thing. People are not too dumb to listen but if all they hear is endless chatter amongst themselves (the parties), they cannot understand what is going on and are left alone. That they did not do so, made many voters even more fearful of the future and loose faith in the government and the conservative opposition.
Also, instead of looking forward and fixing this communication barrier, they again are only fixated on each other, oh how this could ever happen, and everyone is at fault but the own actions. This also includes the opposition, which only points fingers around as well.

I really do hope, they can refocus on the matters that are important again, try to do better and finally communicate with the people again. It is so important right now. Being there, talking and showing that they exist with and not above the rest. Now is the time, before no one will listen anymore.

[benitaj]

I feel sympathy for germany...they have lost their cultural identity and the secret intelligence services have to work too hard to prevent violence erupt.In my city last year, a 17 year old refugee guy had planned an attack on a Christmas market. Luckiliy, he was caught on time before anything disastrous could happen. But how long shall all this go on?