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The EU Parliament will publish all data on election night from across all EU countries on here:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en

Projections and estimates by national parties will start to published soon (from 18:00 GMT+2). First overall projection (European overview) at 20:15 GMT+2. Actual results at 23:00 GMT+2.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is such a shame. I just moved to Germany and I haven't had much time to engage in politics but it seems a fundamental misunderstanding of the solutions we need is still present here (possibly with the help of destabilizing countries like Russia or China who seem to have strong misinformation campaigns running online).

Guess I need to accelerate getting involved with my local politics as soon as possible. What social platforms do Germans use to communicate about politics? I used to post on Facebook for Americans, and obviously reddit was a good place to have small conversations, but is there any place I can directly address conservative talking points in a public forum. The fact that young people are voting far right tells me we're losing the digital battle more than anything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Instagram probably? Comment sections of big news outlets

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oof, if Instagram's comment section is where we're having political discussions these days that's disheartening. There's clearly a need for a town square application for these sorta things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tbf I'm not from Germany, but Austria. Maybe the Germans do it differently

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's just a weird concept in general despite being wholly believable. I don't blame you nor think you're wrong or right. Just a hilarious and sad picture, a societies main hall for political dialogue being an endless feed of algorithmically addicting content. Idk, just a boring dystopia kinda thing.