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German Election Results: What the Hell Just Happened? – TLDR News
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Yesterday the German people headed to the polls to select a new Parliament and a new Chancellor. A day on we have some result already, so in this video we’ll unpack what’s happening & who’s likely to take up the chancellory.
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Serbia’s New Government Explained
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In this video, we’ll explain Serbia’s new Student List government; what they’re aiming to achieve; and whether they can reverse more than a decade of Vučić’s legacy.
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Student List reform programme
https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/izbori26/studentski-plan-studenti-program-lista/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_List#Programme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/student-list-focus-on-cleaning-up-serbia-corruption
https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/student-list-programme-prosecutorial-police-lustration-free-school-textbooks-cheaper-medicines/
Serbia: the world’s cleverest parliament?
https://www.science.org/content/article/serbia-just-elected-world-s-brainiest-parliament?
2026 Serbian election
https://youtu.be/Vy5Rh-f8dFg?si=cornHtl4ETLad506
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/26/student-list-wins-outright-majority-in-serbian-parliamentary-polls/bi/
Student List potential candidates for prime minister
https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-student-list-serbia-leader-prime-minister-elections/33884518.html
Head of Serbia’s public broadcaster resigns
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/29/serbias-public-broadcaster-rts-faces-uncertainty-as-director-general-resigns/bi/
Police officers arrested after protest violence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/serbia-officers-protesters
Serbia education spending
https://serbia-business.eu/serbia-spends-3-46-of-gdp-on-education-below-eu-average/
https://geofactbook.com/countries/serbia/education-expenditure
Serbian healthcare system
https://www.bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026-101326
https://www.nin.rs/english/news/94843/introducing-night-shifts-but-there-are-not-enough-doctors-for-the-first-two-shifts
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthcare_personnel_statistics_-_physicians
Analysis
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_article/after-the-elections-in-serbia-the-new-reality-and-challenges-of-political-transition/
https://freedomhouse.org/article/after-election-revitalizing-serbian-democracy-and-lessons-opposition-victory
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/11/03/post-vucic-serbia-will-reengage-with-europe-but-it-will-not-be-a-honeymoon/bi/
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Why This French Politician Is Suddenly Everywhere
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If you’ve never heard of David Lisnard, you must’ve not been living in Cannes for the past ten years. Nonetheless, this relatively unknown politician is now vying for the top French position. So, in this video, we’re taking a look at who is David Lisnard and why is he rising in the polls.
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David Lisnard programme: https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/notre-programme/
Social media numbers: https://www.loupepolitique.fr/profil/david-lisnard
Polymarket: https://polymarket.com/fr/event/next-french-presidential-election
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What the US Midterms Mean for Europe
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On Tuesday, the US electorate delivered a stunning repudiation of Trumpism, delivering potential relief to Europe’s never-ending headaches. In this video, we’re taking a look at the election and how Europe could be impacted by the recent midterms.
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Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
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Ukraine-section
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-worries-donald-trump-prefers-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-war/
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/three-branches/what-president-can-do-cannot-do
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
https://theconversation.com/us-midterms-what-a-new-congress-could-and-could-not-change-for-europe-295007
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47275
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/midterms-congress-democrats-agenda-01147304
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-midterm-election-2026-interview/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS22654
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-hold-trilateral-talks-with-ukraine-russia-abu-dhabi-next-week-us-official-2026-11-02/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/republicans-democrats-lame-duck-agenda-01149079
Tariffs section:
Far-right section:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-11-03/europe-braces-for-results-of-us-midterm-elections
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-midterm-election-democrats-blue-tsunami-hope-mockery-europe/
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
00:00 – Introduction
01:18 – Tariffs
02:31 – Ukraine
04:31 – Far-right parties
05:55 – Conclusion
07:07 – Too Long
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Can the EU Survive a Far Right Wave?
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This coming year is set to be a big one for Europe. In this video, we dive deeper into four upcoming elections and explore how they could shape the future of the union and the continent.
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Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
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Big Four Elections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Spanish_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_French_presidential_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Italian_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Polish_parliamentary_election
Polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/spain/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/france/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/poland/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/italy/
https://politpro.eu/en/spain
https://politpro.eu/en/poland/political-parties/kon
Political Contexts
https://www.ft.com/content/ec433e1f-bdb4-4a1c-868e-e1c7c4121f45
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-housing-crisis-bursts-into-spotlight-snap-election-2026-10-06/
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-far-right-vox-inspiration-giorgia-meloni-brothers-of-italy/
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/marine-le-pen-vs-alice-weidel-how-the-far-right-wants-to-reshape-the-eu
https://tvpworld.com/94671737/poland-pis-sinks-to-21-year-low-as-morawiecki-launches-new-caucus
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.13602
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/27/giorgia-meloni-is-fusing-populism-and-moderation
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-doomed-irrelevance-facing-us-china-competition-italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-says/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament
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How the Coming “Election Supercycle” Could Reshape the EU
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This coming year is set to be a big one for Europe. In this video, we dive deeper into four upcoming elections and explore how they could shape the future of the union and the continent.
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🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
Sources:
Big Four Elections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Spanish_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_French_presidential_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Italian_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Polish_parliamentary_election
Polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/spain/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/france/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/poland/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/italy/
https://politpro.eu/en/spain
https://politpro.eu/en/poland/political-parties/kon
Political Contexts
https://www.ft.com/content/ec433e1f-bdb4-4a1c-868e-e1c7c4121f45
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-housing-crisis-bursts-into-spotlight-snap-election-2026-10-06/
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-far-right-vox-inspiration-giorgia-meloni-brothers-of-italy/
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/marine-le-pen-vs-alice-weidel-how-the-far-right-wants-to-reshape-the-eu
https://tvpworld.com/94671737/poland-pis-sinks-to-21-year-low-as-morawiecki-launches-new-caucus
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.13602
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/27/giorgia-meloni-is-fusing-populism-and-moderation
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-doomed-irrelevance-facing-us-china-competition-italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-says/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament
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@RazyGamer
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Markus Söder is a good one and would pack a punch as the leading voice of Germany hopfully he wins the next time
@johnharding9634
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
A pluralistic democracy is far preferable to the toxic two party system that prevails in the USA, UK and Australia…it diminishes politics to the equivalent a football hooligan farce, where tribalism trivialises the importance of serious press coverage and an informed electorate.
@johnharding9634
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Excellent coverage.
@KnIf0rTITAN
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
I notice you did not call die linke a far-left party despite how most German political violence comes from them but you did call the AfD a far-right party…. oversight or bias?
@catmonarchist8920
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Are the Top-up seats based on the vote in each region or the national vote?
@skorp5677
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
In case you're watching this in the future:
The greens and FDP discussed with whom they wanted to coalise before talking to the "big" players SPD and CDU. They settled on the SPD.
@TheVaryox
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
The election period truly was something else. Three candidates, each widely considered to be at the very least suboptimal, enter the arena. Baerbock and Laschet are considered to have good chances for victory, the greens even overtook the CDU at one point, no one takes Scholz seriously. It was joked a lot about the fact that the SPD even proposed a candidate for chancellor when polls put them at 12% at the time. Then Laschet screws up time after time, Baerbock gets bashed into the ground for (imo) basically nothing and suddenly, a month or two before election day, people seem to have forgotten all the scandals Scholz was a part of and his poll scores skyrocket without him doing absolutely anything. Sadly, during this whole campaign policy never really was in the spotlight like it usually is. Election day comes and those wild results came in.
The first really exciting election I lived through, because so many options were on the table, and the very real possibility that with Merkel resigning, many procrastinated topics would get attention again.
@thevoid5503
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
I wouldn't call the AFD German nationalists but a bunch of Russland"verstehing" Quislings.
@jayanthony3006
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
This isn't at all surprising or new in a country where you have more than two parties. Quite normal for coalition talks to last while.
@nederlandsfatsoenkanaal.4842
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Germany is such a backwards thinking country always falling behind everyone else
@plerpplerp5599
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Germany has a coalition government so no one wins, actually.
@catninja4950
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
oof I though the east german commie party won
@nicolasmarazuela1010
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Now that the coalition treaty is signed we know, that the FDP won also they are the jr. jr. partner.
@mvmv-pn8zt
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Sorry, a remarkably informed rush thru the German election results…. Failing to identify the political leanings of all parties save one. I wonder where the tldr bias is?
@miguelbonifacio9038
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
AFD the future for Germany
@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
The SPD under Schröder made the most disguisting laws in german history to make rich people richer and increase suffering of poor and disabled people. They implemented what basically is slavery of people who lost their job forcing them to work for 1euro an hour.. but thats the whole government in the last 30 years. Germany is one corrupt garbage place where even gambling and racism is on the rise again.
@kathirvelprabakran5842
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
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@locutusvonborg2k3
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
the problem is what to chose. i mean cdu is korrupt and as modern as the middle ages and all the others are just slightly better.
sadly there is no option to chose none, that would clearly represent that the whole government is representing shit …
@sanholo9494
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
This result is the perfect example why we also should have a maximum election age, old people only vote for CDU or SPD. Are we in Armerica ? The CDU lost 1mil People to death i think thats sums it up pretty well
@drizzle8309
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Being Belgian, the words 'coalition negotiations' made my eye twitch…
@xDennNiex
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
i would like to say cdu lost alot because of massiv corruption, underfunding important key elements of society and waste of taxmoney, but i am afraid its correct that they just did not like laschet that much. =)
@teemum.9023
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
You do the voting. They do the talking?
@lemmiix7758
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
I, a german, watching a non-german video to know what the hell happened
@shm-3kera88
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
soon we will have elections too: Bulgaria elections 2021-2022 idk
@ShirosTamagotchi
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
SchOlz, not SchUlz
also Kudos, you explained it well
@lelsims3613
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Are there any foreigners here or just Germans? lol
@93Litze
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
CDU is not christian democrats its the Corrupt Dictators, they changed the name years ago
@davinderc
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Kind of difficult to take you seriously when you make simple mistakes naming the parties and then I see in the comments section that this has been an ongoing problem…
@linux1324
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
English Video about Germany:
Germans: Mooin
@ska187
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
I love the colors of the map even though I don’t know much about German politics.
@Erik24296
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
This is the first video I ever watched where an Englishman talks about German politics. Nice that there's some interest in that, even though I can only imagine most of the world getting level 5 seizures trying to understand our system of government.
@claudiusflavius2493
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
"more importantly, a new chancellor"
That's your american perspective. The parliament is the more important, the chancellor really just represents the government which works through the parliament. As I see it, most Germans vote for parties not for (unremarkable) individuals.
@ke4sy
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Söder never actually challenged Laschet for the CDU leadership. Media brought Söder up and non-electial votings showed that Söder would be preferred by more than 60% of the population the other 40% was split between Laschet, März and another guy whose name I forgot. In the end there was the discussion if Söder might actually go for challenging Laschet, but he decided on his own to stay leading CSU in Bavaria. He sort of challenged Laschet, but not officially.
@victorconway444
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Well good to see the Totally-Not-The-Nazis party is finally in decline. Hope it stays that way, assuming Saxony one day comes to its senses.
@JoFoh
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Where's the FDP part?
@protoretro1290
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
Why can't the SPD and CDU join forces?
That'd give them a clear majority.
@COPROO
March 3, 2024 at 11:41 pm
First chart is wrong, the FDP has only increased by 12 seats in the Bundestag. That's about 1.5%.