Germany voted and SPD won the race. The party, however, has not gained the majority. There will be talks for a coalition government.
The economy under pandemics helped quell the voices of the right-wing and the fiscal conservatives. The business certainly would welcome the state interference or needing further assistance having received such aids from the federal government.
At this point in time, the mere hint of the free market and fair competition would even sound repulsive or rather, some complete nonsense and fantasy. In some ethical points of view, that would further spread the disease and costs lives.
The big pharma gains tens of billions of money by the booster vaccine sales. The morality of those companies that still retain the patents of the vaccines should be a subject of discussion.