What the heck is happening in your German politics?
a lot! and it's frustrating but also kinda funny. the schadenfreude is strong.
i won't go too deep into how our political system works, bc it's hella complicated and i can't really explain it in one tumblr post but i'll try to give a quick summary:
someone who is... not really liked by almost everyone (except maybe a few white old rich men) wants to be the next chancellor but to get there he needs to be elected by the Bundestag (our parliament) and he didn't get the majority of votes needed. this has never happened in the history of germany since the WW2. that fact alone is crazy but bc the guy is so disliked, it's even funnier. the memes are so good lmao.
CDU/CSU leader had expected an easy victory in ballot to succeed the outgoing Olaf Scholz














