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You must be very young and/or naive, if you had lived through the Schröder/Fischer governments (or had informed yourself about them) you'd have known that neither the SPD nor the Greens are in any way left leaning.
or in case of the SPD you just had to look at most of the Merkel governments
That, too, but if you point at those, people will argue that the SPD couldn't be more social due to being caught as the smaller partner in a coalition with the CDU.
If you really want to point out the full scale of antisocial policy done by SPD and Greens, you have to point at the governments Schröder/Fischer, because for those, there is no CDU fig leaf to hide behind. And there is plenty to find there, a few highlights for those who don't want to be bothered with looking it up:
Sad but true.
How the fuck is the green party not left leaning? What kind of no true scotsman shit is this?
They're just a pro gas party no?
You're in the wrong countries democratic system buddy...