The leader of the German Greens has advanced the idea of a coalition with the centre-right after next year’s election, arguing the gulf between the two is big but not “insurmountable”.
“Democrats should always be able to overcome their differences — for the good of the country,” Franziska Brantner said in an interview.
A “black-green” alliance between the centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, which already govern together in some regions, is one potential outcome of February’s federal poll. Yet senior CDU figures are continuing to rule out a tie-up with the environmental party, whom they blame for Germany’s economic stagnation.