After preliminary talks with the SPD and Merkel’s CDU-CSU, the Greens “believe it makes sense… to have in-depth talks with the SPD and FDP”, Baerbock told reporters. The Greens and the FDP, which came third and fourth in the vote, will now hold their first three-way coalition talks with the SPD on Thursday, Liberal FDP leader Christian Lindner said later on Wednesday morning. “This country can’t afford a lengthy stalemate,” she said about the Greens’ proposal to swiftly move onto the next phase of formal, exploratory coalition talks. Green light for traffic light? But at this point the Greens were pushing for a Traffic Light coalition.

Source: The Local October 06, 2021 08:48 UTC