@article{2018:jakobs:parteienwe,
title = {Parteienwettbewerb und Koalitionsbildung in Deutschland 2017/18: Eine Analyse der Wahlprogramme},
year = {2018},
note = {The 2017 German federal election was followed by a series of coalition
talks that, since World War II, were unprecedented . After the
exploratory talks between CDU/CSU, FDP and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen had
failed, CDU/CSU and SPD started to open negotiations . This decision
stood in straight opposition to what the Social Democrats had declared
immediately after the election results had been publicized, which was
not to be available for coalition talks . An analysis of the
parties’ electoral platforms shows that the programmatic positions
of CDU/CSU, FDP and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen were set widely apart and
that a coalition of these four parties would have demanded heavy
concessions from all of the coalition partners . CDU/CSU’s and
SPD’s platforms were closer together, which made forming and
entering a new Grand Coalition more likely than the originally
discussed alliance . However, CDU/CSU and SPD differ much more from
each other than is often portrayed by the media . Both parties had to
agree to quite some compromises in order to obtain a governing
majority as it is necessary in parliamentary democracies .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {265--285},
author = {Jakobs, Simon and Jun, Uwe},
volume = {49},
number = {2}
}