Was the German Election a Turning Point?
Toronto, November 13, 2009 – Facilitator: Leo Panitch. Featuring presentations by: Frederick Peters – Political Science, York, Ingar Solty – Political Science, York, Jan Fichter – Frankfurt University, Roger Keil … Watch video »
Toronto, November 13, 2009 – Facilitator: Leo Panitch.
Featuring presentations by:
- Frederick Peters – Political Science, York,
- Ingar Solty – Political Science, York,
- Jan Fichter – Frankfurt University,
- Roger Keil – York Centre for German and European Studies,
- Sabah Alnasseri – Political Science, York.
Resources:
- Bullet #255: The German Federal Elections by Ingo Schmidt
- Die Linke: On the National Elections to the Bundestag
- The Historic Significance of the New German Left Party by Ingar Solty
- March 18, 2008: A New European Socialist Movement? The Rise of the Left Party in Germany with Ingar Solty and Frank Deppe
| CDU | SPD | FDP | The Left Party |
Greens | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of total vote in % | 33.8 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 10.7 |
| Gains and losses of the total vote in % | -1.4 | -11.2 | +4.8 | +3.2 | +2.6 |
| Seats | 239 | 146 | 93 | 76 | 68 |
