Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is thinking of a new election due to the failure to discuss the formation of the coalition to form a government. He said that instead of running a shaky minority government he is rather in favor of a new election. But he does not see any reason for resigning from the post of Chancellor.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on political parties to 'review their behavior'. He called this political crisis 'unprecedented'.
According to the German Constitution, within 60 days after the election, the government has to be formed or to hold fresh elections.
In the Germany national elections held on September 24, no single party won the majority. The necessity of forming a coalition government with the new allies arises because the decision of the current coalition government's SPD or the Social Democratic Party is not to re-join the opposition party. On Monday, all political parties leaders held an emergency meeting due to the breakdown of the formation of the new government.
In the elections, two more parties from the coalition government, including the ruling German Chancellor Angela Merkel's own party, received fewer votes. So for the formation of the government, it has been negotiated for four weeks with the Free Democratic Party and the Environmental Green Group as the new alliance partner. On Sunday, the talks broke down on the formation of a coalition government.
In this year's election, the ruling coalition government, the ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union's 246 seats and the Social Democratic Party get 153 seats. However, the party's Chancellor's candidate Martin Shulz said that the Social Democratic Party will not be in power. Later, other parties reached agreement on the merger of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union of Merkel and the formation of a free Democratic Party and an environmental green party. But negotiations broke after four weeks after the Free Democratic Party coalition told them about their helplessness in forming the government.