Green leader Annalena Baerbock stated at a press briefing in Berlin that the talks will continue to reach a three-way agreement.

Germany cannot afford long immobility while the formation of a coalition is being negotiated, Baerbock said on behalf of the third most voted political force in the September 26 parliamentary elections.

Thus, the Christian Democrats, currently the ruling party and second in the polls, are out of the ecologist group’s options for a government alliance.

Coalition talks to achieve the necessary majority in the Lower House of Parliament to form a government might take months.

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