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* FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei-Free Democratic Party- yellow), a liberal party (folks from the USA and Canada should read that as "libertarian") and coalition partners to the CDU/CSU. Occasionally, also to the SPD. In some lands even including the Greens.

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* FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei-Free Democratic Party- yellow), a liberal party (folks from the USA and Canada should read that as "libertarian") and coalition partners to the CDU/CSU. Occasionally, also to the SPD. In some lands even including the Greens. The coalitions involving the FDP and the Greens have funny names: With the SPD, it's the "traffic light coalition" (''Ampelkoalition'' in German) because, well, red, yellow, and green, get it? With the CDU/CSU it's usually called a "Jamaica coalition" because of the similarity to the flag of UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}} (black, yellow, green). The SPD-led ministry of Olaf Scholz since late 2021 is an ''Ampelkoalition'' with the FDP and Greens taking several important Cabinet posts.

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