Talk:Oskar Lafontaine

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[edit] Bild newspaper (Marriex)

Hi Marriex,

while Bild has historically be rather anti-left, that does not automatically make it right wing. It very much lacks the traditional right-wing anti-semitism, for example, and it has been rather friendly to Schröder through much of his tenure. Guest editorial are written by politicians from all major parties, as well as from unionists and managers. So I really think that populist (and pro-establishment) is a better term than right wing. --Stephan Schulz 10:03, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

The Bild-Zeitung is considered right-wing (which is in fact a problematic term) and that is why Hans-Jochn Vogel for example is so outrageous. Moreover I think populist and pro-establishemt is a contradiction. But to resolve the dispute I will change the text. Marriex 10:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Populism and pro-establishment are very much compatible if most of the population (for some reason or other) mostly supports the status quo. Populism and interlectualism are usually contradictionary. I looked at your edit, and while it qualifies right-wing somewhat, it also makes the text more cumbersome. Maybe we can come up with a better solution? --Stephan Schulz 10:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lafontaine`s New Party?

The Linkspartei isn`t Lafontaine`s new Party. It´s a new party for all left people (Socialists, Communists, Christians, Jewsh, foreign population, Germans, ...). But it`s not the party of Lafontaine.

No, mainly it's the party of the former SED-Members. That's a fact. I think you can call the party Linkspartei Lafontaines party. In Germany many folks believe that if Lafo leaves the party, the Linkspartei will die. He's the important leader of the party. You know, he's the chairman of this party and he founded it. But you shouldn't forget: When the "Linkspartei" was "founded" 52.000 people comes from the communist PDS and the 7.000 people from a very small party called WASG. --80.128.96.132 23:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)