{"id":13341,"date":"2017-09-24T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?p=13341"},"modified":"2022-08-15T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:21:29","slug":"we-vote-we-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/","title":{"rendered":"We vote, we party!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Das Progressive Zentrum and his partners hosted 250 enthusiastic people who followed the outcome of the German federal election at the election night party \u201cF\u00fcr die Demokratie!\u201d (For Democracy!). As it became clear how strong the right-wing party \u201cAlternative f\u00fcr Deutschland\u201d would come out of this, the party organisers took an unexpected decision.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly before 6pm the queue at the famously infamous club of Berlin \u201cBerghain\u201d started getting longer. However, those waiting were not going to dance to techno, but wanted to take part in watching the outcome of the German election. Five NGOs had invited the Berlin political bubble and activists to come together at the \u201cKantine am Berghain\u201d right next to the dance club: Das Progressive Zentrum,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.die-integrale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Die Integrale<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.die-offene-gesellschaft.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Die Offene Gesellschaft<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kleinerfuenf.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Kleiner F\u00fcnf<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreuzweise.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> x-Weise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-twitter\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-twitter\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>By loading the tweet, you agree to Twitter&#8217;s privacy policy.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Load tweet<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>Always unblock Twitter Tweets<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"twitter\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audience in Shock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the exit-polls were announced you could mainly see shocked faces: over 13 percent for&nbsp;\u201cAlternative f\u00fcr Deutschland\u201d (AfD). The disappointment was huge. Some of the initiatives, for example Kleiner F\u00fcnf, had fought against the right-wing populists for a year. Das Progressive Zentrum had also tried to tackle the issue in the two projects <a href=\"http:\/\/countering-populism.eu\/\">Countering Populism<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/trulies-europe.de\/\"> TrueLies Europe<\/a> by analysing the argumentation patterns of the populists and developing a counter strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following discussion-round the representatives of the hosting organisations were interviewed by presenter Romy Jaster. How would they act upon this strong gain of the AfD?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-twitter\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-twitter\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>By loading the tweet, you agree to Twitter&#8217;s privacy policy.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Load tweet<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>Always unblock Twitter Tweets<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"twitter\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/philipp-salhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philipp S\u00e4lhoff<\/a>, Head of the Programme International Relations at Das Progressive Zentrum, commented: \u201c75 percent election turnout and a 6-party-parliament with a strong opposition is a positive sign for democracy \u2013 no matter to which coalition this will lead. Nevertheless: The AfD will take a strong position in the parliament. So it is our responsibility to force them into a debate concerning the contents and to break their provocational mechanics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Readying for\u00a0Opposition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spontaneously, the five organisations decided to\u00a0stop their own party and move together with the participants to the Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, for a vigil: \u201cWe take a party break here, because we can\u2019t party happily with such an AfD-result\u201d, was the basic message. At 9pm about 150 party guests and passerbys formed a human chain in front of the building and stayed silent for four minutes with the intention \u201c4 minutes silence now, 4 years loud opposition!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impressions of the Election Night Party<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_165741_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"797\" data-id=\"13342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_165741_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13342\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_180142_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1387\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_180142_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13343\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_184502_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_184502_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13346\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_210110_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_210110_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13344\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_210945_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_210945_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13347\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_211543_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1388\" data-id=\"13345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924_211543_\u00a9DPZ-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13345\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5319_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1397\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5319_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13350\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5323_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"799\" data-id=\"13348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5323_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13348\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5364_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1383\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5364_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13349\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5389_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5389_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13352\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5400_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20170924-DSCF5400_\u00a9JacobundAlex-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13351\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"person-item person-view-author\"><div class=\"person-info-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/vincent-venus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Vincent-Venus-1-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><h4 class=\"person-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/vincent-venus\/\">Vincent Venus<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"person-position\">Alumnus<\/div><div class=\"person-social\"><a class=\"person-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinVenus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><svg class=\"icon icon-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/dpz\/assets\/images\/svg-icons2.svg#icon-twitter\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/a> <\/div><!-- .person-social --><\/div><!-- .person-info-wrapper --><div class=\"person-excerpt\">Vincent Venus was head of communications at Das Progressive Zentrum and thus responsible for communication channels, editorial work and committee coordination. <\/div><\/div><!-- .person-item -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light alignfull\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-grey-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further articles<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"news-items-wrapper news-view-normal news-count-3\">  <div class=\"news-item\"><div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/buried-villages-fragile-democracies-coal-community-and-the-unsteady-politics-of-the-climate-transition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/dominik-vanyi-Mk2ls9UBO2E-unsplash-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-blog-thumbnail size-dpz-blog-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A wide-angle, high-perspective photograph of a vast open-pit mining operation. Multiple pieces of heavy industrial machinery are active across tiered dirt terraces, including large yellow haul trucks and hydraulic excavators in yellow and orange. The scene captures the scale of resource extraction, with steep, excavated rock walls in the background and a dusty, industrial atmosphere.\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-info-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/buried-villages-fragile-democracies-coal-community-and-the-unsteady-politics-of-the-climate-transition\/\">Buried Villages, Fragile Democracies: Coal, Community, and the Unsteady Politics of the Climate Transition<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"news-date\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span> <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-03-26T12:16:48+01:00\">26. March 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-03-26T12:18:08+01:00\">26. March 2026<\/time><\/div><div class=\"news-content\">The transition away from fossil fuels is as much about democratic resilience as it is about energy. Steve Patterson explores the \u201cpolitical whiplash\u201d of shifting national policies and the enduring struggle to protect community heritage from the erosion of both physical landscapes and institutional norms.<\/div><div class=\"news-authors\"><a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/steve-patterson\/\">Steve Patterson<\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/debate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Debate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/projektbericht\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Project Report<\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .class=\"news-info-wrapper --><\/div>  <div class=\"news-item\"><div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/how-can-the-new-special-fund-and-the-reform-of-the-debt-brake-achieve-optimal-effectiveness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/250917_dpz_titelbild_jakob-von-weizsacker-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-blog-thumbnail size-dpz-blog-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-info-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/how-can-the-new-special-fund-and-the-reform-of-the-debt-brake-achieve-optimal-effectiveness\/\">How can the new special fund and the reform of the debt brake achieve optimal effectiveness?<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"news-date\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span> <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-04-03T10:21:45+02:00\">3. April 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-17T10:33:04+02:00\">17. September 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"news-content\">The CDU\/CSU and SPD parties have reached an agreement in the exploratory talks at a remarkable speed to create a special fund for infrastructure and to provide a far-reaching opportunity to increase defense spending beyond the limits of the debt brake. How should these proposals be assessed? What needs to be considered for the sustainable success of this modernization agenda? These questions were discussed on March 7, 2025, in a background roundtable with experts.<\/div><div class=\"news-authors\"><a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/sebastian-pieper\/\">Sebastian Pieper<\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/veranstaltungsbericht\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Event Report<\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .class=\"news-info-wrapper --><\/div>  <div class=\"news-item\"><div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/friedrich-merz-shattered-a-political-taboo-this-is-a-chance-for-the-centre-left\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/250211_dpz_slider_florian-ranft-for-the-guardian_c-epa-images-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-blog-thumbnail size-dpz-blog-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Slider: Coverpicture for the article of florian ranft in the Guardian\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-info-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/friedrich-merz-shattered-a-political-taboo-this-is-a-chance-for-the-centre-left\/\">Friedrich Merz shattered a political taboo. This is a chance for the centre-left in Germany<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"news-date\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span> <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-02-11T15:51:27+01:00\">11. February 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-05-09T16:38:17+02:00\">9. May 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"news-content\">Progressive parties swiftly need to turn the dial, Florian Ranft states in The Guardian. The attention needs to be moved from simply despising the enemies of democracy to what people really expect.<\/div><div class=\"news-authors\"><a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/dr-florian-ranft\/\">Florian Ranft<\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/wir-in-den-medien\/\" rel=\"category tag\">In the Media<\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .class=\"news-info-wrapper --><\/div> <\/div><!-- .news-wrapper -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To the blog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election night at the \u201cKantine am Berghain\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[300,414,136],"class_list":["post-13341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veranstaltungsbericht","tag-afd","tag-btw17","tag-liberale-demokratie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We vote, we party! - Das Progressive Zentrum - EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We vote, we party!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Election night at the \u201cKantine am Berghain\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Das Progressive Zentrum - EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-24T10:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-15T10:21:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"545\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tnicolaus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tnicolaus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/\",\"name\":\"We vote, we party! - Das Progressive Zentrum - EN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-24T10:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-15T10:21:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9717a409f2633977ae24290923017495\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":545},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"We vote, we party!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Das Progressive Zentrum - EN\",\"description\":\"Renewing the Promise of Progress.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9717a409f2633977ae24290923017495\",\"name\":\"tnicolaus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b3236244f4696fc8f8aeae916954fa2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b3236244f4696fc8f8aeae916954fa2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tnicolaus\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/author\/tnicolaus\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"We vote, we party! - Das Progressive Zentrum - EN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"We vote, we party!","og_description":"Election night at the \u201cKantine am Berghain\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/","og_site_name":"Das Progressive Zentrum - EN","article_published_time":"2017-09-24T10:02:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-15T10:21:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":545,"url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"tnicolaus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tnicolaus","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/","url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/","name":"We vote, we party! - Das Progressive Zentrum - EN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-09-24T10:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-15T10:21:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9717a409f2633977ae24290923017495"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/asEFM-1024x682-1-e1660558837175.jpeg","width":1024,"height":545},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/we-vote-we-party\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"We vote, we party!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/","name":"Das Progressive Zentrum - EN","description":"Renewing the Promise of Progress.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9717a409f2633977ae24290923017495","name":"tnicolaus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b3236244f4696fc8f8aeae916954fa2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b3236244f4696fc8f8aeae916954fa2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tnicolaus"},"url":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/author\/tnicolaus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13355,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13341\/revisions\/13355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}