Interesting. My main readin gon the subject is very pro-FDP (don't know the German initials). The left seems to have taken something of a pasting all over Europe, and is likely to here as well (if you can current the current Labour party "left" anyway).

Glad to see someone commenting on the general election in Europe's largest country ;-) Even by the parochial standards of out media, the level of coverage of the German election has been pretty thin (alebit that's partly because eeryone knew who was going to win thr Chancellorship).