Merkel's Second-Term Allies Are Wary of a Coalition Repeat
- FDP differs with chancellor on euro area’s future: Brzeski
- Free-market party was wiped out after last Merkel partnership
FDP's Fricke on Litmus Test for Working With Merkel
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Chancellor Angela Merkel may struggle to convince Germany’s tax-cutting Free Democratic Party to join her government a second time even if the math works out on election night.
Polls suggest that Merkel, the front-runner since the spring, will have a choice of coalition partners after the election on Sept. 24. If Merkel wins a mandate for a fourth term, whichever party joins her government will have an impact on the euro area’s future, according to Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING-Diba in Frankfurt.