Finance, Class and Politics in the European Economic Crisis:
Was the German Election a Turning Point?

Toronto, November 13, 2009 – Facilitator: Leo Panitch.

Featuring presentations by:

• Frederick Peters – Political Science, York,
• Ingar Solty – Political Science, York,
• Jan Fichter – Frankfurt University,
• Roger Keil – York Centre for German and European Studies,
• Sabah Alnasseri – Political Science, York.

Resources:

• Bullet #255: The German Federal Elections by Ingo Schmidt
• Die Linke: On the National Elections to the Bundestag
• The Historic Significance of the New German Left Party by Ingar Solty
• March 18, 2008: A New European Socialist Movement? The Rise of the Left Party in Germany with Ingar Solty and Frank Deppe

	CDU	SPD	FDP	The Left Party	Greens
Share of total vote in %	33.8	23.0	14.6	11.9	10.7
Gains and losses of the total vote in %	-1.4	-11.2	+4.8	+3.2	+2.6
Seats	239	146	93	76	68