09-15-2005, 01:51 PM
YuunliSep 14 2005, 07:20 PM First, there's the "5% obstacle". A party with less than 5% of the second votes won't enter parliament unless it won three constituencies. [/quote]
Well, to be more exact, if a party does neither get 5% of the second votes, or wins less than 3 contituencies, those who were elected still can enter parliament. However, they are then classified as independents and do not have the same rights that the other parties, in the parliament called Fraktionen, have.
This was the case with the PDS during the last elections, when they only got 2 seats. The two MPs still were in parliament, but officially not as members of a PDS Fraktion, but as indendents.
And about the actual topic... I am not allowed to vote, unfortunately (still foreign citizen and I won't turn 18 until next Saturday
), but I'm crossing my fingers for SPD and the Greens. I am not too happy with their style of governing, but it's a hell of a lot better than the shit the CDU/CSU would probably pull off.
Because with 'em governing the country, I can probably postpone my dreams to marry in Germany indefinitely *eyeroll-from-hell-and-beyond*.
The only bright side of elections (cause I don't like pessimistic outlooks into the future) are the ridiculous tv ads for the parties... I mean, okay, the ads for the major parties are bland and boring. But those of the minor parties are fucking hilarious.
Well, to be more exact, if a party does neither get 5% of the second votes, or wins less than 3 contituencies, those who were elected still can enter parliament. However, they are then classified as independents and do not have the same rights that the other parties, in the parliament called Fraktionen, have.
This was the case with the PDS during the last elections, when they only got 2 seats. The two MPs still were in parliament, but officially not as members of a PDS Fraktion, but as indendents.
And about the actual topic... I am not allowed to vote, unfortunately (still foreign citizen and I won't turn 18 until next Saturday
), but I'm crossing my fingers for SPD and the Greens. I am not too happy with their style of governing, but it's a hell of a lot better than the shit the CDU/CSU would probably pull off.Because with 'em governing the country, I can probably postpone my dreams to marry in Germany indefinitely *eyeroll-from-hell-and-beyond*.
The only bright side of elections (cause I don't like pessimistic outlooks into the future) are the ridiculous tv ads for the parties... I mean, okay, the ads for the major parties are bland and boring. But those of the minor parties are fucking hilarious.