In less then three weeks (Sunday, 24.) Germany elects the new Bundestag. for more details see here
Possible coalitions are: CDU/SPD: unpopular, only if nothing else works; SPD/Linke/Grüne: unlikely because of ideological differences; CDU/FDP or CDU/Grüne: majority uncertain
The major parties and their candidates are:
CDU: 39% center right, party of chancellor Merkel, carried by her popularity
SPD: 24% center left, Martin Schulz, former president of the European Parliament, distancing themselfs from the CDU with more social justice (not in the american interpretation)
FDP: 9% liberal, Christian Lindner (youngest candidate), lower taxes, business friendly, personal freedom
Linke: 8% left, Sahra Wagenknecht (hard left) and Dietmar Bartsch (moderate left)
AfD: 8% right, Alexander Gauland (former CDU member, changed when the CDU went too centrist) anti refugees
Grüne: 7% green, Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir (both from the conservative wing) prefer a coalition with CDU or SPD over the Linke
Possible coalitions are: CDU/SPD: unpopular, only if nothing else works; SPD/Linke/Grüne: unlikely because of ideological differences; CDU/FDP or CDU/Grüne: majority uncertain
The major parties and their candidates are:
CDU: 39% center right, party of chancellor Merkel, carried by her popularity
SPD: 24% center left, Martin Schulz, former president of the European Parliament, distancing themselfs from the CDU with more social justice (not in the american interpretation)
FDP: 9% liberal, Christian Lindner (youngest candidate), lower taxes, business friendly, personal freedom
Linke: 8% left, Sahra Wagenknecht (hard left) and Dietmar Bartsch (moderate left)
AfD: 8% right, Alexander Gauland (former CDU member, changed when the CDU went too centrist) anti refugees
Grüne: 7% green, Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir (both from the conservative wing) prefer a coalition with CDU or SPD over the Linke
or something.