Images, left to right: Preiss/MSC [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons; Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Nordrhein-Westfalen [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr; Olaf Kosinsky [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Potential ‘traffic light coalition’ looks set to reform law on temporary academic contracts
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly won Sunday’s Bundestag elections—but the ultimate design of the country’s government remains unclear.
The SPD, led by chancellor frontrunner Olaf Scholz, bagged 25 per cent of votes, compared with 20 per cent in 2017, thereby becoming the strongest party. The conservative union of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)—led by Armin Laschet—plummeted to a record low after 16 years of chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership.
This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link
Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.