Germany

1592 readers

1 users here now

The place to talk/ask about stuff in Germany in English.

Wiki: https://lemmygermany.github.io/wiki/

Many thanks to @[email protected] for creating this!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

German government wants to let 16-year-olds vote – DW – 06/05/2023 (www.dw.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

49 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What do you think? Personally I'm all for it. I think it's important to have as many young people involved in politics to counteract the old majority.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

There's not a lot of good arguments against lowering the voter age limit if you try to debate this policy in a way that is agnostic of which parties one thinks will benefit.

Same but reverse about the other election reform from this government - if it wasn't for CSU and the Left being the biggest losers of that reform, I don't think many would agree that it's democratic to just toss out the votes of one election (direct mandate) based on the outcome of a separate election (proportional vote).

In short: When you are party-agnostic: 16+ vote is okay, the hasty patch for the parliament size is not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Throwing out all of the direct mandate votes would be democratic again, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's definitely a better option than the current reform.

load more comments (3 replies)