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.

Germany is a federal parliamentary democracy in which the most powerful office is the chancellor. Here’s how the elections work in the country.

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