State Level
Grand coalitions are more common at the state level in Germany, because other parties might be stronger there than they are on the federal level. For example in several East German states, the party Die Linke often makes it difficult to form a coalition of SPD and Greens or CDU and FDP. As of November 2011, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are governed by coalitions between the CDU and the SPD.
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