Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Traffic light coalition on the way in Germany?

Social Democrats, Free Democrats and Greens - all saw vote share rises.

If I remember rightly the Free Democrats (right-wing Liberals?) have backed the CDU/CSU in the past in a centre-right alliance.

416 seats out of 735 in the Bundestag if a deal can be done. But that is a very broad spectrum of policies and interests to reconcile.
This is a really good overview.

http://https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/sep/26/german-election-results-exit-poll-and-possible-coalitions

AfD worryingly strong again in the eastern states, with 24.6% of the second vote in Saxony!.