But the three partners, his own SPD, the Greens and the FDP ... which has been underperforming dramatically in opinion polls and recent regional elections. Lindner calls for far-reaching tax ...

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 ...

His proposals, which are in line with his party’s balanced-budget approach, are starkly at odds with the visions of the SPD and the Greens, the FDP’s more left ... according to an ARD poll published ...

"If so, a brief period of a SPD-Green minority government under Scholz would likely be followed by snap elections early next year," he said. However, the latest polls show that the FDP would only ...