On Friday 15 October, Germany’s Social Democrat (SPD), Green (die Grünen) and Liberal (FDP) parties laid the groundwork for a new government headed by Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, which, in the event of a final agreement, would return the Christian Democrats to the political opposition.
On the foreign policy front, the three parties want to increase the EU’s “strategic sovereignty”, in particular through greater cooperation between European armies. The transatlantic relationship...