The SPD will recoil at the prospect, sit on the fence, and finally give in, because Merkel has a powerful disciplinary instrument: she could call a new election, in which the CDU would probably win an outright majority.
O PSD recuará ante a perspectiva, sentar-se-á na cerca, e finalmente aceitará, porque Merkel possui um instrumento disciplinador poderoso: convocar novas eleições, nas quais a UDC ganharia provavelmente com maioria absoluta.