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Germany's Federal Election of 2021: Multi-Crisis Politics and the Consolidation of the Six-Party System
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Abstract The German federal election of 2021 reshuffled Germany's party-political hierarchy, but left the six-party system intact. For the first time since 2002, the SPD narrowly overtook the CDU/CSU to become the party with the largest vote share. The Greens and the FDP also gained votes while the CDU/CSU a... view more
The German federal election of 2021 reshuffled Germany's party-political hierarchy, but left the six-party system intact. For the first time since 2002, the SPD narrowly overtook the CDU/CSU to become the party with the largest vote share. The Greens and the FDP also gained votes while the CDU/CSU and the Left party suffered high losses and the AfD minor losses. Crucially, party system continuity coexists with severe challenges for German policy makers, namely regional and global insecurity, decline in the country's infrastructure and social coherence, as well as the highly divisive management of the Covid crisis. While the electorate still focusses mostly on social protection and economic security, it is unclear whether Germany's political class can deliver on such expectations in a multi-crisis context. Crucially, technocratic updating at the expense of liberal democracy and constitutional order will worsen rather than improve the current situation.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; election to the Bundestag; party system; party politics; election result; coalition policy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
coronavirus crisis
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 662-672
Journal
The Political Quarterly, 92 (2021) 4
ISSN
1467-923X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0