On November 20, Free Democrat party walked out of the negotiations with Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU bloc and the Greens to form a new federal government.
A major stumbling block was the migration issue. “It is better not to rule than to rule the wrong way,” Christian Lindner, leader of Free Democrats, said.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) will also not participate in the formation of the government and will remain in opposition even after the failure of the talks.
As a result, according to Spiegel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced a government crisis for the first time in 19 years.
Merkel emphasized that her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) would “take responsibility for this country, even in difficult times”.
Now Germany has two outcomes: a minority government for the first time in German history, or new elections that have never been announced so quickly, Spiegel reports.