Millions of Germans are heading to the polls on Sunday in an election that will change the face of Germany, and Europe.
"Each of the two major parties could form a coalition with the Greens and the center-right Liberals ," Carsten Nickel, deputy director of research at Teneo Intelligence, said in a note Wednesday.
"Party leaderships will assess the official results in meetings on Monday morning, formally offering exploratory talks to potential coalition partners. These talks, as well as subsequent coalition negotiations, might take several weeks, given the likely need to forge an untested three-way coalition. As in 2017, coalition negotiations could still fail at a late stage, necessitating the search for alternative combinations," Nickel noted.
"Since Annalena Baerbock fell back into third place, she has put in solid performances in the TV debates, presenting herself as an alternative to her two male contenders wrangling with each other; combined with the expected high turnout in cities and via postal ballot, the Greens' result could potentially still surprise.
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