Friday, October 27, 2017

What Happens If the Coalition Talks in Germany Fail?

Well....it's fairly low odds (probably in the five-percent range) that the CDU-CSU-Greens-FDP situation will fail.  Most expect the talks to take all the way to mid-December.  Should we reach the end of December and no coalition has occurred? 

We have a brief situation which would arise and the CDU-CSU team would go to the SPD and suggest a coalition.  My humble guess is that the SPD will agree....only if Merkel steps down and a SPD individual is allowed to be Chancellor. 

Then?  Another election....likely by early-to-mid March.

Merkel running again?  It's hard to say if this would be a positive thing.  With Merkel and Schulz out of the picture...it'd be a fairly different race. 

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