Published January 27, 2025
German political elites like to label their multi-party coalitions by flags which contain the colours of the parties that comprise them. A “Jamaica coalition,” for example, occurs when the CDU/CSU (black) join forces with the FDP (yellow) and Greens (green, of course).
CDU Chancellor candidate Freidrich Merz’s declaration last week that he would table motions in the Bundestag this week regarding migration policy, however, might add a new flag to the stable of potential coalitions.
Get ready to hear talk of the Barbados coalition – black (CDU/CSU), yellow (FDP), and blue (AfD).
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Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, studies and provides commentary on American politics. His work focuses on how America’s political order is being upended by populist challenges, from the left and the right. He also studies populism’s impact in other democracies in the developed world.