Thuringia Finalizes Historic Coalition

ERFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 20: (From L to R) Dieter Lauinger, head of the Thuringia German Greens Party (Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen), Susanne Hennig, head of the Thuringia Die Linke, and Andreas Bausewein, head of the Thuringia German Social Democrats (SPD), hold up the three parties' coalition agreement at a press conference on November 20, 2014 in Erfurt, Germany. Bodo Ramelow of Die Linke is seen by many as most likely to be elected governor of Thuringia in early December in what will be a first in German post 1989-politics. Die Linke is the direct successor of the former East German communist party, and though many see Die Linke as a left-wing party with a firm commitmment to market economics and democratic institutions, others remain skeptical and point to the influence of a hard-core communist wing of the party. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)