He often hears this question: Which coalition partner gets on your nerves the most? Johannes Vogel, 40, deputy FDP chairman, hesitates briefly. He's standing in a restaurant garden in Hanover, it's a sunny autumn afternoon, around 40 party members are sipping juice spritzers and Aperol Spritz. Vogel wants to motivate her for the election campaign in Lower Saxony. But you want to know how the traffic lights work in Berlin. Johannes Vogel has an inkling of what they want to hear.

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