Julius Lagodny

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The German parliament building in Berlin. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

German voters have decided. The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) received the most votes in the Sept. 26 election, increasing their vote share from 20.5 percent in 2017 to 25.7 percent. The center-right bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), now led by chancellor candidate Armin Laschet, received 24.1 percent of the vote (compared to 32.9 in 2017), making it unlikely the bloc will extend their control of the government for another four years.

So does this mean that Olaf Scholz, the SPD’s chancellor candidate, will succeed Angela Merkel and become Germany’s next chancellor? Is this the end of a 16-year streak of CDU-led government coalitions?…  Seguir leyendo »

Supporters of the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party shout slogans during a September campaign rally for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Torgau, Germany. (Reuters)

For the first time since the early days of the Federal Republic of Germany, a party on the far right, the AfD (Alternative for Germany), has entered the Bundestag. AfD’s strong social media presence appears to have helped it win 12.6 percent of seats in Parliament seats, as some observers have noted.

To understand whether that impression might be true, we undertook an empirical analysis of AfD’s social media use. We began by examining how all the German political parties used Facebook in 2017. We learned that the AfD publishes more content, gets more likes, and engages more people than any other parties.…  Seguir leyendo »