They have collected protest votes, and the votes of people who normally don't vote.
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It's a very mixed message from the voters. The majority of the population is still not ready to go through with a harder reform course. On the other hand, they know that things can't go any further with the red-green coalition government.
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She has done a good job insofar as she hasn't made any mistakes. But we'll have to see how she does on the really big reforms after the state elections before we can judge if she is doing well in a positive sense, rather than just not making mistakes.
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In my perspective, the majority of the German population is still not ready to accept a real hard reform course.
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