Advance to a three-party coalition led by the Social Democratic Party, which became Germany's first party

The Social Democratic Party, which became the first party in the German Bundestag election last month, agreed to start full-scale coalition negotiations with the Green Party of the third party and the Liberal Democratic Party of the fourth party, led by the Social Democratic Party. Mr. Schortz is more likely to become the next prime minister in the coalition government.

Is the political party to which Chancellor Merkel belongs fall into the opposition?

In the German parliamentary elections voted last month, the centre-left Social Democratic Party became the first party, while Merkel's centre-right Christian Democratic Union became the second party. I did.

However, the Social Democratic Party has not reached the majority, and the Green Party, which has an environmental policy in the foreground in the Third Party, and the Liberal Democratic Party, which emphasizes the market economy in the Fourth Party, have been negotiating to explore the possibility of coalition. I did.

As a result, on the 15th, the three political parties approached each other with major policies such as raising the minimum wage set by the Social Democratic Party, accelerating the decoalization demanded by the Green Party, and postponing the tax increase in line with the Liberal Democratic Party's claim, and full-scale coalition negotiations It was agreed to start.

This will make a big step towards a three-party coalition led by the Social Democratic Party, raising the possibility that Mr. Scholz of the Social Democratic Party will be the next prime minister.

This coalition is called the "traffic light coalition," which combines the image colors of the three parties, red, green, and yellow, and there is growing observation that the Christian Social Union, which has been in power for 16 years, will fall to the opposition. ..

German Bundestag election final result

On the 15th, the Election Commission announced the final ballot counting results for the German parliamentary elections.

According to this, the number of seats won by each political party is 206 for the center-left Social Democratic Party and 197 for the center-right Christian Democratic Union, to which Chancellor Merkel belongs.

In addition, the "Green Party", which has an environmental protection policy in the foreground, won 118 seats, and the center-right "Liberal Democratic Party," which emphasizes the market economy, won 92 seats.

In addition, the emerging right-wing party "Alternative for Germany" has 83 seats, and the "Left-wing party" that follows the trend of the former East German Communist party has 39 seats.

The number of seats stipulated by the law of the German Bundestag is 598, but due to the complicated election system, more seats are allowed, so the number of seats based on the results of this ballot counting is 736.