This leaves two possibilities: a coalition between the CDU, its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, and the liberal Free Democrats, or a grand coalition between the SPD and the CDU.
CDUと姉妹党であるキリスト教社会同盟（CSU、バイエルン州拠点）の自由派党との連立か、SPDとCDUの大連立か。