FDP plays through the coalition break: two trains race towards each other at the traffic lights. FDP leader Lindner has it in his hands: Will he implement the 2030 Agenda he demands in the traffic light government or will the Liberals leave the alliance with the SPD and the Greens in time? If there is no agreement on this question of national fate, Lindner will have no choice: he must end the coalition.

If Lindner misses the last exit, the end of German liberalism will be sealed, says Anastasiadis.