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In Germany's smallest state, traditional politics is in tatters
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 23, 2019 07:10pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Philip Oltermann |
| News Date | Thursday, May 23, 2019 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A bronze statue outside Bremen town hall reminds visitors this northern German port city inspired one of the world’s most enduring fairytales. The Grimm Brothers’ Town Musicians of Bremen tells the story of a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster who escape their masters and join forces to seek their fortunes in the city.
When Bremen, the smallest of Germany’s 16 federal states, votes in regional elections on Sunday, held at the same time as the European parliamentary election, the result is likely to demonstrate a trend across the rest of the country. For German politics, the future could lie in once unimaginable collaborations as traditional parties fade.
Ruled for 74 years by the Social Democratic party (SPD), polls for the city’s elections are predicting devastating losses that could force the struggling centre-left party to team up with the Greens and the leftwing Die Linke, a group that grew out of the ruling party of socialist East Germany. Such a move would be a first for a state in Germany’s old west, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
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