Whilst on 06 February the Bavarian branch of the conservative union the CSU backed CDU Angela Merkel’s candidature as Chancellor and head of September’s general electoral list, both the conservative and social democrat political parties have started to reveal their electoral campaign messages on employment and the labor market. Given the rising wave of populism in the country both axes are sharing the central theme of equality and social cohesion. However this joint stance stops there with the left looking to raise salaries and upgrade ’normal’ employment and the right focusing on jobs creation via flexible working time arrangements and fresh support for training.
Both of the major currently power sharing political parties, which will go head to head at the September 2017 legislative elections, have commenced revealing their electoral campaign topics. In terms of employment the parties’ goals are very similar with the social democrats looking to promote social equality and the conservatives looking to preserve social cohesion. Both parties back Ms. Merkel’s call for the need to ‘offer something to all citizens.’ More than ever the rise of the extreme ri
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