Meanings
plural Jamaica coalitions
- GermangovernmentA German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.
Actually, the most likely government, a so-called Jamaica coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with the FDP and Greens, could bring some good news for the eurozone.
2017 September 29, Guntram Wolff, “A Jamaican Germany is good for Europe”, in Financial Times1 more example
Despite pressure on the CDU’s Armin Laschet to relinquish his claim to a place in government after the party returned its historically worst ever result, he is forging ahead in his attempts to woo both the Greens and the pro-business FDP to form a CDU-led Jamaica coalition, so-called due to yellow, black and green colours of the three parties matching those of Jamaica’s flag.
2021 October 5, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks”, in The Guardian
Origin
- GermanJamaika-Koalition
- EnglishJamaica coalition
Calque of German Jamaika-Koalition. The symbolic colors of the three parties correspond to the colors of the flag of Jamaica: black for the CDU, yellow for the FDP, and green for the Greens.
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