Saturday, February 16, 2008

Campaigning in Hamburg during a Political Earthquake

I am going to Hamburg in the morning to participate in the last major campaign rally of the Hamburg Greens before the state elections on February 24. Of course, the Greens will fight until next Saturday night (there is no campaigning on election day in Germany), but tomorrow will be the highlight (with my boss). There is a good chance for a coalition of the Greens with the Social Democrats. It all depends if the FDP and the Left Party will enter the state parliament. The evolving corporate scandal around Klaus Zumwinkel (now former CEO of Deutsche Post) and possibly hundreds of other German CEOs who are being investigated for tax evasion might kill the FDPs chances to make it over the 5% hurdle, but it might, on the other hand, help the Left Party, who will certainly try to take advantage of the immoral behavior of German business leaders. Many of them must have trouble sleeping... And we Greens will have to get out every single vote!

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