Jamaica coalition

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

Jamaica coalition (plural Jamaica coalitions)

1. (German politics) A German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.
   • 2017 September 29, Guntram Wolff, “A Jamaican Germany is good for Europe”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2021 October 5, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     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.