Police change demanded by German FDP as price for coalition with Merkel: The leader of Germany’s liberal Free Democrats (FDP) said his party will only join an alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel if there is a change in the direction of government policy. Merkel’s conservative bloc remained the largest parliamentary bloc after Sunday’s national election but bled support to the far-right. With coalition talks set to get underway, her only realistic option now is a tie-up with the FDP and the environmentalist Greens.
Further complicating matters, Merkel’s conservative bloc compromises two parties: her Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CDU), who are shaping up as an obstacle to a coalition deal.
“Some people are glorifying Jamaica as a romantic political project,” FDP leader Christian Lindner told Die Welt daily.
“The truth is, there is an arithmetical majority, but the four parties each have their own election mandates. Whether these can be allied without contradiction and in the interests of the country remains to be seen,” he added.
“Politics is not mathematics,” he said, adding that if in doubt, his party would remain in opposition.
“Everyone must know that the Free Democrats will only join a coalition if there is a change of course in German politics.”
Policy on Europe is one area where the FDP differs from Merkel’s conservatives and the Greens, though the Free Democrats have made some conciliatory noises since Sunday’s election.
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