The 2021 German election results

The centre-left Social Democrats narrowly took first place in Germany’s federal election, with just over a quarter of the votes. Now fraught and perhaps lengthy coalition negotiations loom before a new government can be formed. In a subscriber-only live event, Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Tom Nuttall, our Berlin bureau chief, and Joerg Lau, Die Zeit’s Foreign Policy Co-ordinator, reflect on the fragmented result and what it means for the country and its position as a leading power in Europe. You can watch the conversation in full below.