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“ This so-called 'traffic light' coalition would be the first three-party alliance in the country’s history, and already has 'some conflict lines written in the sand.'”

Quartz
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Markus Ziener
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“ The Greens can be happy that they've improved in terms of results since the last election cycle, but they definitely did not fulfill expectations. Baerbock didn't meet the moment. At one point, the party was leading the pack, there were far greater expectations for them.”

CNN
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Sudha David-Wilp
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“ Climate change is more on the mind of Germans than certainly other bigger issues. Foreign policy, [the] transatlantic relationship, that has not entered into this campaign at all. And climate change has been consistently an issue.”

NBC News
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Rachel Tausendfreund
Elections

“ It’s so unprecedented that it’s not even clear who talks with whom on whose invitation about what, because the Constitution does not have guardrails for a situation like that... [Merkel] was the steady hand at the helm, the steady presence.”

New York Times
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“ “I think the outcome of the [German] election was that broadly pro-European parties did very well. I mean, it was the far-left and the far-right that lost significantly, and then you had a shift from the incumbent CDU to the more pro-European, at least in fiscal terms, Greens and the SPD.”

The Guardian
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Jacob Kirkegaard
Elections

“ Social Democrats aren’t offering a new package, they’re offering a centrist who makes you forget the party behind it.”

New York Times
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“ [Olaf Scholz] comes across as calm, measured, steady. As a moderate, Scholz is an outlier within his party. The SPD leadership are mostly leftist leaning and initially didn't support him. So we don't know yet who he will gather around him and who will influence his leadership style.”

CNN
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Corinna Hörst
Elections

“ "[Angela Merkel] has left a very fragmented political landscape in Germany, so it looks like it's going to take three parties to form a majority for the next government. So the small parties, the Greens and the FDP, are sort of banding together to call the shots for the next government.”

NPR
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Sudha David-Wilp
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