In comments today, Olaf Scholz more broadly called on Germans to avoid the partisan splits that had defined the U.S. election.Sean Gallup/Getty Images

German government’s fate to be decided in shadow of Trump win – POLITICO

by · POLITICO

BERLIN — Germany’s fractious three-party governing coalition is facing a critical decision day when it comes to its own survival, but Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. may alter the political calculus.

The leaders of the three coalition parties — Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the fiscally conservative Free Democratic Party (FDP) — are expected to decide whether to keep the coalition intact during a meeting on Wednesday evening in Berlin, which could well turn into a long night of negotiations.

Trump’s victory is being depicted by the left-leaning coalition parties — the SPD and the Greens — as a reason to keep the coalition intact.