Germany: Only option is CDU-SPD coalition – here's how Germany will escape deadlock

Published 13 februari, 2025 • 881 Views

The legacy parties in Germany have only one chance to correct their course in whatever new government that forms after the elections on February 23rd, otherwise the rise of nationalistic AfD will be come inevitable. On the other hand, the only government that could form without including AfD will likely be a lame duck, due to the multiple competing wills between the CDU and the SPD. Andreas Hellmann of the Tholos Foundation comments on the outlook of the German elections.