German election: Who will be in the 'Jamaica' coalition with Angela Merkel?
Sophia Besch, research fellow at the CER, said the German elections will not affect the outcome of Brexit because all the parties share a similar stance. She said: "All major German parties want to maintain close economic and political ties to Britain post-Brexit, and limit the economic fallout. "But Germans are also adamant that there will be no cherry-picking by the British after Brexit, that means no selective participation in the single market."“That line holds even if the pro-business FDP becomes Merkel’s coalition partner: German businesses are more dependent on a functioning single market, than on trade with the UK.”