SPD, Greens And FDP Continue Exploratory Coalition Talks

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) General Secretary of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP), Volker Wissing, General Secretary of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Lars Klingbeil, Federal Managing Director of the federal Alliance 90/The Greens party Michael Kellner speak to members of the media after a further round of exploratory coalition talks held by the German Greens Party, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the German Free Democrats (FDP) on October 12, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The three parties are meeting to explore the viability of creating a federal coalition government following parliamentary elections last month. The union of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), after leading Germany's previous governments over the last 16 years with Angela Merkel as chancellor, will likely go into the opposition in Germany's next political constellation. (Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images)