Now that the voices have been given, the right job in Berlin can start.
Although the reconstitution of parliament is relatively simple and must be done in the next three weeks, no party is expected to get enough votes to manage alone and direct. This means that Germany probably headed for the coalition government – and the construction process can take months.
The party with the most votes on Sunday will have to find partners. Depending on how many small parties enter parliament and how well they do big, the next government would need two or three parties to gather.
In the coming days, the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will invite the leader of the winning party-which is widely expected to be Friedrich Merz, from the Christian Democrats or the CDU Bellevue Palace to ask him to try to form a government. This will include a conversation with other parties to try to find partners to get a majority in parliament – 316 seats -.
In reality, the leaders of the parties have been thinking about everything for some time, and certain options, such as the involvement of the heavy right alternative to Germany, are not likely. But initial conversations are important to show that all options are – at least theoretically – on the table.
Furthermore, the parties open to the coalition will gather for conversations before the calation. Held with only a few leaders from each party, these conversations can be considered a truly annoying first meeting, where the parties check if they can fit together. And sometimes, not: 2017, leader of liberal free democrats surprisingly interrupted talks with CDU Angela Merkel and Mrs. Merkel had to start looking for a coalition partner again.
Once the parties agree that they can see the future together, they move on to formal coalition conversations.
These are the most complex part of the negotiations and usually last for the longest. Parties gather to agree on concrete laws that they hope to bring during their term and develop ministerial positions. Just because foreigners function so much time and effort into these discussions, however, does not mean that the coalition always ends in harmony.
As neighboring Austria showed when his coalition of the Conservative-Left right ended in January in January, the most likely outcome of such failure would be to talk to other parties again.
Once the coalition agreement and the Ministry is set up, the parties may have to return to their base to obtain approval. Only then do the parties sign the agreement and return to Parliament to choose the chancellor, who then appoints his ministers.
Until then, Olaf Scholz and his ministers will remain on the guardian government.
How much it should be seen; In the past, it has been very different from government to government. In 2017 it took 171 days. Mrs. Merkel remained chancellor 73 days after the 2021 election before replaced by Mr. Scholz.
