Simon Green
@simon_green
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange), @SalfordUni | Trustee @AberUni | Views personal, RT not endorsement
Greater M'cr & Birmingham
Joined June 2010
RT @NicBeech1: Proud to see the progress of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology as we mark a key construction milestone. Opening….
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RT @Parlimag: .@_FriedrichMerz’s @cducsubt wins Germany’s election, but tough coalition talks lie ahead. @Bundeskanzler's (Scholz) @spdde h….
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Pleased to have spoken with @ArnoRensbergen for @Parlimag on the outcome of the #Bundestagswahl2025 #Bundestagswahl and what comes next.
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The Left and far-right AfD did well, too, marking trouble for centrist governing. The CDU and SPD may be heading for another grand coalition.
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Correction: the Left Party is actually the biggest party among 18-24 year old voters. Together with the AfD, they attracted 46% of this group. By contrast, the Greens polled just 12% of the youth vote.
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Worth noting that, at 84%, turnout is unusually high: clearly #BTW25 mobilised voters like few recent elections (5/5).
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Key question will be whether FDP and BSW are in the next Bundestag - will they get the 5% necessary? As others have rightly noted, that will determine the coalition options - with important implications for Europe (4/5).
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The big winners are the AfD, who are now the largest party amongst younger voters, and (to a lesser extent) the Left Party, who a few months ago looked to be on the ropes (3/5).
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CDU/CSU looks unlikely to reach 30%, which will temper the obvious satisfaction at having won. The SPD's result is its worst-ever at federal level. The Greens lost, but less than the other two parties in the previous coalition (2/5).
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Pleased to have provided comment for this timely profile by @LaraKeay on the likely next Chancellor of #Germany .Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor? | World News | Sky News
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Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.
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RT @SalfordPGRs: #SalfordPGRs the call for abstracts for #SPARC2025 is now OPEN!!!!. Pls rt @Yates_KL @drjdlord @D….
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Last day @Aston_PIR @AstonSSH @AstonUniversity. Many fond memories of the North Wing, but also looking forward hugely to joining brilliant new colleagues @SalfordUni tomorrow
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A pleasure to contribute to this realistic assessment by @FiJMcIntyre.
Universities are ‘asking how much research they can afford to do’ thanks to the crisis in their funding. Great to speak to @ParveenYaqoob, @Rachel_Hewitt_, @simon_green and others about this issue.
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Delighted to see my current (@AstonUniversity) and future (@SalfordUni) Universities feature so prominently in this report - with @SalfordUni recording a particularly impressive rise up the rankings.
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RT @higsonhe: 25th November: good luck to @simon_green in his new adventure @SalfordUni Here he is in full flow during his iconic leaving s….
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My tip for the next government? We might well see another CDU/CSU-SPD coalition (albeit without participation of Scholz) under Chancellor Merz; this would not of course be a 'Grand Coalition' unless the SPD somehow manages to become the second-largest party (9/9).
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In short, #Germany is entering a period of political uncertainty lasting several months, with important implications for EU and foreign policy (notably Ukraine) (8/9).
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Currently on 17%, the far right AfD could become the second-largest party, so this election is a huge opportunity for them. Will the CDU/CSU's firewall hold given that the two parties may well have a parliamentary majority? (7/9).
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