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World Business Report: First broadcast 27/09/2021 00:06 GMT : Green Party likely kingmakers after German election

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Green Party likely kingmakers after German election

First broadcast 27/09/2021 00:06 GMT 

First broadcast 27/09/2021 00:06 GMT : Green Party likely kingmakers after German election

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Green Party likely kingmakers after German election

It could take weeks or months for a coalition to be formed

Projected results from the German parliamentary elections show the centre-left Social Democrats are ahead of the conservative Christian Democrats (the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel) by about two per cent of the vote. The Green Party secured 15 percent of the votes and along with the fourth-placed FDP they are likely to be the kingmakers in coalition talks.  It could take weeks or months for one to be formed. German political scientist Knut Roder tells Russell Padmore he believes it will be challenging getting a consensus. We get analysis on the implications for Europe’s biggest economy’s climate change policies from Stefan Kooths, director of research for business cycles and growth, at the Kiel Institut and from Sophie Pornschlegel, senior analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels.

Also in the programme, from next month, people from South Sudan will no longer need a visa to enter Uganda, which could boost trade between both nations in East Africa. Nebert Rugadya reports from Kampala.  And Daniel Frankel, managing editor of Next TV in Los Angeles, on the every-growing battle between the streaming giants in the US.

Producer: Benjie Guy 

(Photo: German Green Party members dance at their election party in Berlin.)

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