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Re:EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then G... by cagataygurturk on Sunday March 26, 2023 @12:40PM (#35316455)
A slight correction: FDP is the fourth largest power in Bundestag with slightly more than 10% votes it got in the last federal elections, and what is happening here is not called taking the goverment hostage but a governing party excercising its influence using the instruments given by the parliamentary democracy.
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Re:EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then G... by mqus on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:31PM (#35320364)
well... 10% votes with only 75% (60mio) people eligible to vote and 76% people voting makes ~6% support of actual voting people. And this was in 2021. I don't think they have that much support anymore.

And while they are "just" exercising their power, they also do so by going against the coalition agreement they signed before, while being obviously influenced by VW/Porsche guys. I'm not sure there is much democracy left in this case anymore.

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