It will also be a government without the Greens, who continue to have a devoted, if limited, clientele, but are now regarded by many as a luxury that Germany can no longer afford. This leaves two possibilities: a coalition between the CDU, its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, and the liberal Free Democrats, or a grand coalition between the SPD and the CDU.
所以第四个未知数就是下一届政府会怎么做。它明显会是一个没有左翼党参加的政府。它也不会给绿党一席之地。虽然绿党拥有一支规模有限但却忠诚的追随者，但它现在已经被许多人看作是德国再也负担不起的奢侈。如此一来，还有两种可能性：一个由基督教民主党、其巴伐利亚的姊妹党，基督教社会联盟和自由民主党组成的联盟，或是一个由社会民主党和基督教民主党组成的大联盟。