Can a minority government be a choice for Germany?

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‍By CGTN's Dialogue

"Merkel could build a coalition on different issues within the parliament with different aligned parties like the Social Democratic Party, the Green and others. I don’t think that a minority government will fail or lead a weak government. Merkel is now a lame duck but quite strong,” said Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Center.

Speaking on CGTN's Dialogue, Cameron said, "Many governments around Europe have shown that it could work well with a minority one. Germany just had never tried it before."

His comments come after talks on forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed, leaving Chancellor Angela Merkel facing the biggest challenge in 12 years leading Germany.

The liberal FDP party pulled out of negotiations after four weeks of talks with Merkel's CDU/CSU and the Greens, with FDP leader Christian Lindner saying there was "no basis of trust" between them.

Merkel said she regretted the collapse.

“Minority government does mean instability and inefficiency. Through German political history, there has never been such a situation after the Second World War,” countered Dr. Jin Ling from China Institute of International Studies.

“For Angela Merkel, it is also not tolerated the so-called case-by-case decision making process to depend on different parties.”

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