The great coalition has been exposed to dramatically raised risk of breaking apart. The SPD voted against the pro-coalition pair Scholtz/Geywitz and made Walter-Borjans/Esken their new party bosses. Thy are representign the left wing in the left SPD, and some describe them as the trojan horses of the even more-left-leaning SPD youth organisation JuSo.
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-spd-e...ers/a-51484038
The coalition would be no loss if dying early. Its record is desastrous charcaterised by opportunism and long.term risks and vulenrabilities raised, all in a bid to secure Merkel's term. The constellation was vouted out of office in last egnerla elections - and should not even exist today. Its the reaosn why the potlicla middle is eroding and the polarised edges of the spectrum gain in power and influence.