German 'kingmakers' meet on coalition, courted by would-be kings

Election posters of Social Democratic party (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Christian Lindner of the liberal Free Democratic party FDP and the Greens party co-leader Annalena Baerbock are pictured in a park of Bad Honnef, south of Bonn, Germany, October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens and Free Democrats met on Friday for a second round of talks to explore possible common ground on which to form a new coalition government with either the Social Democrats or the conservatives, both of whom are courting them.

The Greens and Free Democrats, from opposite ends of the political spectrum and at odds https://reut.rs/3uiuoJG on a range of issues, have moved centre stage after the Social Democrats (SPD) won Sunday's election by a narrow margin that leaves them seeking partners.