Lower energy security explains the German Greens’ decline
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
A reduction in national energy security is part of the reason for the decline of the Green political party in Germany, and the corresponding rise of an anti-sanctions, pro-hydrocarbons opposition political party as a reaction to the Greens.
Totally unsurprising that the leftists have been calling for a ban of the conservative political party.
Apparently censorship and banning are the preferred tools for certain political who don’t want to have any actual dialogue with their constituents.
Let’s see see how well trying to silence opposition voices works out for the status quo.
/ P.S. it’s not often that I get to combine both hydrocarbons and Freedom of Speech in the same post.
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“As the Green Party’s fortunes sink, the fortunes of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party rise, with the AfD now polling ahead of the Greens for the first time since 2018 in two separate surveys.
… Polling from multiple surveys has shown that the Greens have been losing support for months while the AfD gains.
… The war in Ukraine, growing inflation, an energy crisis, and out-of-control immigration have all sunk the Green Party’s fortunes.
● … Over the last year, a number of rival political parties have stepped up calls to ban the AfD as the party grows in popularity.
● They have claimed that banning one of the country’s major opposition political parties is about “protecting democracy.”
● The AfD party has called for an end to sanctions on Russia, arguing they are damaging Germany more than Russia.
● Germany has long relied on cheap Russian energy to fuel its manufacturing base. …”