Tomorrow, on Sunday the 20th Berliners will go to the polls in what to be the most fraught and important election in modern times. As the country’s political class continues to reel from the AFD decisive win Saschen Anhalt the capital city is getting its turn at the ballot box. With so many hard issues facing the 4 million strong metropolis, “unpredictable” is only world to describe the race. Who will take control of the Red City Hall? Berlin Elections poll put CDU, AFD, and Linke and Greens around 20% each. However, the city’s governing coalition party SPD is predicted to fall to around 12%.
Merz in Retirement
Should the governing CDU drop to second or third place in the city election, along with an expected big loss in the Baltic state of Mecklenberg voting, the unpopular Chancellor Merz after only a short time as the country head, will more than likely resign, giving the 70 year old more time to fly his private twin engine plane.
Increased hard crime, housing, growing deficit, homeless problem, a troubled public transport system, the winning party will have a full in box on day one. Historically, Berlin had a reputation as being steered, administered. Rules are a sort of guidance but not followed. The crazy child that refuses to obey.Whoever sits in the big office always learns this one way or another.
What to do?
Berlin Polling Stations open at 8am.