After eight months of
the junior Coalition partners seeming to bear the brunt of the public's unhappiness, the Conservatives finally seem to be suffering.
Not exact matches
A new
coalition government led by Chancellor Merkel still
seemed the most likely outcome, although negotiations between the various parties looked set to take some time, mainly due to the difficulties of accommodating the opposing views of the
junior partners in the proposed
coalition, the economically liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens.
Lib Dem ministers still don't
seem too worried about their position in the polls, commonly dismissing it as just what happens to a
junior coalition partner until they find their voice, but presumably it will become a cause of concern for some point (not just for the Lib Dems, but presumably also for Conservatives who fear it placing pressure upon the
coalition.