Earlier this week, a newspaper wrote an article claiming the SPD wants the minority government option. In a first rection, the SPD did NOT deny it. (They did today.)

I think that's a trial balloon, with two goals: (1) to test how the idea is received (it was received with outrage from conservatives), and (2) to make the neoliberal FDP feel queasy and more willing to consider an SPD-Greens-SPD "traffic lights" coalition.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.