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If you’re not sick of elections yet …

Germany votes in two weeks time on the fate of Angela Merkel's government. The result will depend in part on a quirk of the country's otherwise very democratic electoral system – a system which, incidentally, would have produced a rather different result last weekend in Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany 3 Comments 9 September 201328 January 2022

Cliffhanger election boosts Germany’s liberals

Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats went down to defeat in a cliffhanger state election in Germany yesterday. But it's not all bad news for them, since a liberal revival is a good omen for their national prospects.

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