What's going to happen in Germany?
SPD leader Martin Schulz went yesterday to Schloss Bellevue where he met German President Frank Walter Steinmeier, who is a former foreign minister and also a former member of the SPD.
The German President is currently meeting all the political leaders.
Schulz has insisted that the SPD will not form part of a Grand Coalition with the CDU/CSU.
But there are mutterings taking place within the SPD and yesterday a leading member of the party Andrea Nahles seemed not to rule out going back into government with Angela Merkel.
The SPD will never win an election with Martin Schulz as leader. Andrea Nahles could well improve the poor poll ratings of the SPD, as indeed could Sigmar Gabriel. And what about the former premier of North Rhine Westfalia, Hannelore Kraft?
Another option is to copy Ireland and for the SPD do a Confidence and Supply arrangement with the CDU/CSU government.
Come Christmas it's most likely Germany will be goverened by the CDU/CSU and SPD either in a Grand Coalition or a Confidence and Supply arrangement.
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