That same article says radical changes are unlikely, though.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 28/09/2009 01:43:30 PM
Now Merkel may be able to pass through some things such like tax relief, a simplification of the tax code and a possible extension of the time that nuclear power plants can continue to operate.
Go FDP!
All the polls and surveys indicate that Merkel is popular with the left as well as the right, and may have gained votes for her party from people whose ideas are much more SPD or Grüne. Of course the FDP did make some serious gains, but still I think it'd be a mistake to interpret these results as a mandate to implement the FDP's full agenda. The FDP have already announced they'll drive a hard bargain, but I think it'll be bargaining alright, taking into account that the FDP is less than half the size of the Union, rather than Merkel fully embracing their policies. The policies will certainly shift to the right, but the majority in the Bundestag is limited enough that they don't have the political capital to pass all of the FDP's unpopular ideas.
First Germany, next Great Britain - 
- 27/09/2009 11:24:48 PM
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- 27/09/2009 11:24:48 PM
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Your terminology is confusing... 
- 27/09/2009 11:40:38 PM
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- 27/09/2009 11:40:38 PM
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He's speaking in American terms.
- 28/09/2009 12:42:57 AM
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As I said. Confusing terminology.
- 28/09/2009 11:32:46 AM
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- 28/09/2009 11:32:46 AM
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Sorry, do you think Labour is a liberal party? *NM*
- 27/09/2009 11:42:26 PM
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Yes I do. Left-wing Liberals, the very worst of both worlds. *NM*
- 27/09/2009 11:58:24 PM
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Ooo, Germany-
- 28/09/2009 12:19:40 AM
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wtf
- 28/09/2009 01:26:18 PM
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I know, I know
- 28/09/2009 09:01:17 PM
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I've got something for your cuteness list
- 29/09/2009 08:35:30 AM
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Awww, let's hug him!
- 29/09/2009 06:26:44 PM
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Him?? 
- 29/09/2009 08:55:03 PM
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- 29/09/2009 08:55:03 PM
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Well, he's the one with the cute last name!
- 29/09/2009 09:24:34 PM
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I am more thinking we will have to spray you with a riot hose *NM*
- 29/09/2009 09:27:10 PM
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*NM*
- 29/09/2009 09:27:10 PM
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Thats...uh.....crazy talk 
*NM*
- 29/09/2009 09:32:14 PM
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*NM*
- 29/09/2009 09:32:14 PM
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For some reason, I read that as "spay you"...
- 29/09/2009 10:24:20 PM
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*NM*
Won't be effective, just because she can't breed won't stop her fervent efforts from trying
- 29/09/2009 10:38:43 PM
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For an older gentleman, Guido Westerwelle isn't so bad looking
- 29/09/2009 03:20:17 PM
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Brown is not a liberal by any possible stretch of the term or imagination.
- 28/09/2009 01:48:17 AM
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It doesn't make that much of a difference who is in charge anyway
- 28/09/2009 08:41:55 AM
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According to an analysis that I read in the NYT, it may.
- 28/09/2009 01:24:05 PM
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That same article says radical changes are unlikely, though.
- 28/09/2009 01:43:30 PM
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No one said there would be radical changes. But there will be changes
- 28/09/2009 01:56:01 PM
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Merkel is further to the left than most if not all Democrats in government here in the US.
- 28/09/2009 01:25:09 PM
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