Young people in Germany back Angela Merkel and lean green
euronews (in English)
2017-09-18
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Story: One week before the elections around 200.000 children and adolecents under the age of 18 took part in the “youth elections” U18 (U stands for “under”). They were asked, who they would vote for if they could, and 28 % voted for the CDU (christian democratic union) of chancellor Angela Merkel.
20 % voted for the social democrats (SPD)
17% for the Greens. This is interesting, as the Greens are at around 7 per cent in the poll for the “real” election.
In Germany, we look a lot at the right winged AfD (Alternative for Germany), many say, for the first time since 1945 there will be Nazis in the Reichstag (the parliament building) again. However, it is the first time in german post-war history that a right winged party is that strong. So, thats why we mention them extra. Also U18 voters would vote for them, especially in Saxony and Thuringia in the east, where they would get some 16 per cent. In other regions (Länder) they dont jump over the 5 per cent hurdle, which you have to do in order to get into parliament.
SECOND PART: Angela Merkel held a session for kids, where they could ask her stuff. Rather harmless uncritical stuff to make kids happy and awaken their interest in politics.
It offers a glimpse of Germany’s future: a week before the federal elections, 200,000 young people took part in a youth poll.
In it, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union came out on top, as she’s expected to do amongst adults on 24 September.
The U-18 poll results
28% of the under-18s questioned said they’d vote for Merkel, about 10% less than the 39% of adults who currently say they will back her.
17% would vote for the greens, compared to just 7% of adults.
Far right has mixed showing
Commentators are concer
federal states the party would fail to make the 5% bar amongst the under-18s.
However, in two eastern federal states, 16% said they’d support the right-wing Alternative for Germany party.
00:34 Merkel with kids asking her kids-questions like what would she want to be if not chancellor
At the weekend Merkel wooed the voters of the future by answering questions on what she’d do if she wasn’t Chancellor.
00:45 SOT MERKEL
“If I didn’t have to train and practice everything, I’d love to be an astronaut who flew around the Earth, so I could see it all from above.”
00:54 kids
If her news conference told us little about her future policies, it did reveal that the German leader’s favourite meal was an Italian classic:
01:03 Merkel saying: “Spaghetti Bolognese”.
01:07 END
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s favourite animal is a hedgehog; she loves spaghetti and chicken soup and dreams of being an astronaut for a day.
Those were some of the personal details the chancellor revealed Sunday while answering questions from children at a special news conference one week before the country’s general election.
Merkel patiently listened to a variety of questions during the Berlin event, ranging from what she would do to combat climate change to what was the best moment of her life. (Her answer to the latter: The day she met her second husband, quantum chemist Joachim Sauer.)
More than 150 children accepted the open invitation by Merkel’s party, the conservative Christian Democrats, to meet the chancellor at a former department store that’s been turned into a campaign building in the city’s hipster Mitte neighbourhood.
Merkel, who is 63 and doesn’t have any children of her own, seemed to enjoy the kids’ interest so much that she extended the question time, danced with the youngsters to pop music and invited all of them to pose for a photo with her — much to the surprise of her fluttered aides.
The children seemed to equally enjoy the company of their country’s leader. Munching popcorn, ice cream, waffles and hot dogs, they enthusiastically applauded when Merkel entered the building and stood in line patiently at the end to get her autograph.
Merkel is seeking a fourth term during the Sept. 24 election. She has led Germany for almost 12 years and polls show she has a solid advantage over of her top challenger, Martin Schulz from the center-left Social Democrats.
20 % voted for the social democrats (SPD)
17% for the Greens. This is interesting, as the Greens are at around 7 per cent in the poll for the “real” election.
In Germany, we look a lot at the right winged AfD (Alternative for Germany), many say, for the first time since 1945 there will be Nazis in the Reichstag (the parliament building) again. However, it is the first time in german post-war history that a right winged party is that strong. So, thats why we mention them extra. Also U18 voters would vote for them, especially in Saxony and Thuringia in the east, where they would get some 16 per cent. In other regions (Länder) they dont jump over the 5 per cent hurdle, which you have to do in order to get into parliament.
SECOND PART: Angela Merkel held a session for kids, where they could ask her stuff. Rather harmless uncritical stuff to make kids happy and awaken their interest in politics.
It offers a glimpse of Germany’s future: a week before the federal elections, 200,000 young people took part in a youth poll.
In it, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union came out on top, as she’s expected to do amongst adults on 24 September.
The U-18 poll results
28% of the under-18s questioned said they’d vote for Merkel, about 10% less than the 39% of adults who currently say they will back her.
17% would vote for the greens, compared to just 7% of adults.
Far right has mixed showing
Commentators are concer
federal states the party would fail to make the 5% bar amongst the under-18s.
However, in two eastern federal states, 16% said they’d support the right-wing Alternative for Germany party.
00:34 Merkel with kids asking her kids-questions like what would she want to be if not chancellor
At the weekend Merkel wooed the voters of the future by answering questions on what she’d do if she wasn’t Chancellor.
00:45 SOT MERKEL
“If I didn’t have to train and practice everything, I’d love to be an astronaut who flew around the Earth, so I could see it all from above.”
00:54 kids
If her news conference told us little about her future policies, it did reveal that the German leader’s favourite meal was an Italian classic:
01:03 Merkel saying: “Spaghetti Bolognese”.
01:07 END
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s favourite animal is a hedgehog; she loves spaghetti and chicken soup and dreams of being an astronaut for a day.
Those were some of the personal details the chancellor revealed Sunday while answering questions from children at a special news conference one week before the country’s general election.
Merkel patiently listened to a variety of questions during the Berlin event, ranging from what she would do to combat climate change to what was the best moment of her life. (Her answer to the latter: The day she met her second husband, quantum chemist Joachim Sauer.)
More than 150 children accepted the open invitation by Merkel’s party, the conservative Christian Democrats, to meet the chancellor at a former department store that’s been turned into a campaign building in the city’s hipster Mitte neighbourhood.
Merkel, who is 63 and doesn’t have any children of her own, seemed to enjoy the kids’ interest so much that she extended the question time, danced with the youngsters to pop music and invited all of them to pose for a photo with her — much to the surprise of her fluttered aides.
The children seemed to equally enjoy the company of their country’s leader. Munching popcorn, ice cream, waffles and hot dogs, they enthusiastically applauded when Merkel entered the building and stood in line patiently at the end to get her autograph.
Merkel is seeking a fourth term during the Sept. 24 election. She has led Germany for almost 12 years and polls show she has a solid advantage over of her top challenger, Martin Schulz from the center-left Social Democrats.
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