German political crisis

Will the “Taliban coalition” follow the traffic light?

From the left: Christian Lindner (FDP), Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Robert Habeck (Greens)

(Bild: AFP)

Germany is facing new elections. It is not yet clear when. The members of the broken traffic light coalition of SPD, FDP and Greens are facing a shambles. But which of them benefits the most? And what do the Taliban have to do with German government constellations?

The break-up of the German Ampel coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP last Wednesday was the result of a process that had been going on for some time. The governing parties were not working together, but side by side. So it was only logical that SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz's speech sounded more like a reckoning. After the start of the election campaign.