For the Social Democrats, they have to ask the question: under which configuration can they do it, and the grand coalition is the most possible. It would mean Merkel as chancellor, because it's unlikely that the Social Democrats will overtake them. |
Germany's changed reality has long rendered the program obsolete. It needs to be modernized. |
I think the FDP will stick to the position it established before the election that it would only join a coalition led by the CDU. |