With a PoD in 2005, how can an SDP dominated, socialist* coalition emerge from the 2005 general election in Germany? Then (again, with no PoDs earlier than 2005) how can the Socialists win the Presidency and Parliament in France in 2007?
What would be the effects in Europe and worldwide of these election changes? Individually and, more interestingly perhaps, in combination -- for example, it occurs to me that this would give European socialists a two year window of about one to two years leading the major European nations simultaneously, no?
*that is, a coalition with neither the Christian Democrats nor the FDP -- can continue SDP-Green coalition, allow the Left Party in, give the SDP majority, whatever works best