Germany: Elections Over, Uncertainty Remains

... Lindner, has already announced he would prefer working in parliament to working in the government. In any case, potential talks will be very complicated and unpredictable. Most likely, the Social Democrats will form the principal opposition force. If the SDP joins the government, the AfD will become the Bundestag’s leading opposition force: it will gain a series of leading offices in committees and priority speech rights during debates. Its principal goals for the 19th Bundestag include: positing itself as a centrist party; clearing ...