The parliamentary elections of 2021 have become a turning point in the recent political history of Germany. The problems of political and personnel renewal, the fate of the legacy of the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel, the issue of the "green economy", building relations with other EU countries, the United States, Russia and China were on the agenda. The author of the article examines the situation of a "new balance" in German politics, associated with a new balance of forces between the main political parties represented in parliament — which he associates with the refusal of a considerable part of voters to support the party associations that they previously supported. Singling out as the most likely outcome of the coalition negotiations the formation of a coalition based on the "traffc light" model (SPD— Green Party — FDP), the author believes that the further development of the situation in inter-party relations will depend on the situation in the German economy.