Speaker
Eike-Christian Hornig, political scientist, former research fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute
About the presentation
The so called traffic light coalition ended prematurely in the winter of 2024 with some fanfare. After the vote of confidence in the Bundestag was lost, early elections were called. In principle, the election campaign began on the day the vote of confidence was called in the Bundestag. It made it clear that there had been considerable tensions between the coalition parties for some time, which made it extremely difficult to govern together. It was unclear how this government crisis was to be overcome. None of the parties will achieve an absolute majority in the elections; due to the fragmentation of the German party system, it is even questionable whether a two-party governing coalition will be possible. At the same time, all kinds of coalitions have been categorically ruled out from the outset. The question of who and how Germany will be governed in the future is therefore completely open. This lecture traces the political development of the parties and the party system prior to the Bundestag elections, highlights key features of the programmes and the election campaign and looks at the election results. What are the reasons behind the election decision? How will politics in Germany change, what can be expected from the new government?
About the lecture series
2025 is an election year in Liechtenstein. But also elsewhere, for example in Germany. That is why the Liechtenstein Institute is launching the "Elections 2025" series of events in January 2025. The series will initially focus on the national elections in this country. It will begin with Wilfried Marxer, who will present typical, divisive and also curious facts from past state elections. After the elections on February 9, the first main results of the post-election survey will be presented. This lecture by Thomas Milic will focus on the question: Who voted for whom, when and why? At the end of March, Eike-Christian Hornig will report on the early election of the German Bundestag on February 23, 2025, which was called as a result of the break-up of the governing coalition. Finally, the state elections will once again take center stage: the fourth lecture in the series is dedicated to the panache statistics of the state elections. What can be gleaned from the panache voting behavior of Liechtenstein voters?