A new coalition model for Germany?

With its black-green - or CDU-Green Party - coalition, the city of Hamburg has opened up a new political door, Birgit Baumann writes. "Twenty-three years after the first red-green coalition (in 1985 in Hessen), the first black-green alliance has been formed at a state level. And of course this Hamburg debut will have an impact far beyond the city limits - even if some are afraid to say this out loud. It's a step towards dissolving the political blockades in Germany and towards more competition between the parties. Basically, all the parties have already recognised this. ... The new rules of the game are that either all parties overcome their qualms and form new alliances or Germany will be ruled forever by an unpopular grand coalition."

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