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A lot of people seem to think that Germany is "socially progressive, economically middle of the road" but that is not the case. Angela Merkel and her CDU/CSU party like to pretend and brand themselves as such, but they don't vote that way.

Also, Germans as a whole can be categorized as liberal regarding social policies but very conservative regarding economic ones.

However, the election last week was a big upset to her party and might finally lead to a new government coalition with the policies you mentioned.