Abstract

Significance However, the result is overshadowed by the heavy losses her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), incurred and a surge in support for the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). Impacts Coalition negotiations will only start in earnest after the regional election in Lower Saxony on October 15. A CDU/CSU-FDP-Greens coalition means that the centre-left SPD rather than the AfD will lead the opposition in parliament. Neither Merkel nor the FDP are likely to use their political capital to push for a more accommodating German or EU stand on Brexit.

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