German Voters Demand Structural Reform
President Donald Trump was reelected with a mandate to transform American political life through dedicated immigration enforcement, a pursuit of energy abundance, and a secure national defense.
His administration has pursued these policies with gusto, surprising political friend and foe alike with the depth and breadth of their reforms. But America is not the only nation due for an intervention.
As Trump shakes up Washington to return freedom to the American people, so German politicians must commit to restructuring their immigration, energy, and security policies to align with the German people’s will.
German citizens resoundingly endorsed this renovation on Sunday when they tossed the ruling coalition government out of power and gave 28.5% of their votes to the conservative CDU/CSU. The AfD, a populist party to the right of CDU/CSU, bounded into second place with nearly 21% of the vote while the ruling SPD sank to third place at around 16% of the vote.
The Green Party clung to around 12% of the vote, with The Left, a hard-line progressive party, as the final party over the 5% threshold with 8.5% of the vote. As a parliamentary system, the Bundestag’s 630 seats will be divided proportionally among the parties who reached 5% of the vote.
Since no single party won a majority, the CDU/CSU will be asked to form the next government.
This will require weeks of negotiations, and with........
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