Meaning of traffic light coalition | Babel Free

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A German political coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party, and the Greens.

German

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““The end of the traffic light coalition is a liberation for our country. The end of the self-proclaimed ‘progressive coalition’ that took Germany to the brink of economic ruin was more than overdue,” Weidel wrote on X.”

“In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names. The previous coalition government, headed by the SPD (red), included the Green Party (green) and Liberal Party (yellow) - together they were known as the “traffic light” coalition.”

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