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Government without Laschet? Kühnert and Greens do not rule out traffic lights - even the FDP board member open

2021-07-24T12:13:54.929Z


Two months before the general election, the coalition poker seems to be starting: the SPD and the Greens are thinking of a traffic light - and the FDP is also involved. Bad news for Laschet?


Two months before the general election, the coalition poker seems to be starting: the SPD and the Greens are thinking of a traffic light - and the FDP is also involved.

Bad news for Laschet?

Berlin / Hamburg - It can no longer be overlooked - the Bundestag election campaign is entering the hot phase.

One indication: the parties are preparing to wrestle over coalition options.

Most recently, the FDP and CSU had pointedly pointed to options for power beyond the Greens.

Bad news for Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet: Now comes the return coach.

It may be less about the real desire for an unfamiliar coalition than about the best starting position in the negotiations after election day.

Bundestag election: government without Laschet and Union?

Young politicians do not rule out traffic lights

According to a recent election survey, quite a few alliances are currently conceivable - even if things get tight for black-green: A traffic light consisting of the Greens, SPD and FDP would be mathematically just as feasible as a German coalition of the Union, FDP and SPD.

The result: If the situation remained like this, each of the four parties would be dispensable for a government majority.

The Liberals have recently been drummed heavily for “Germany”.

The CSU rejoiced at the end of the “government subscription” of the Greens.

But there is also tinkering on the other side.

SPD Vice Kevin Kühnert and his Green colleague Ricarda Lang

explicitly did not

rule out

a traffic light

in the

star

on Thursday

.

Interestingly enough, FDP executive Ria Schröder did not reject the prospect either - unlike her party leader Christian Lindner.

Coalitions after the federal election: Kühnert and Co. see intersections between the Greens, SPD and FDP

Kühnert made it clear that the prospect of green-red-yellow would not let his “endorphin level rise”.

However, he also admitted that there are many possible variants.

“The traffic light is probably one of them.

And so far in this election campaign I do not perceive any tendency of any of the democratic parties to rule out too many options across the board ”.

"I believe that there is potential in a traffic light coalition to advance many things, especially in social politics," added Lang in the joint conversation. However, she was critical of the role of the FDP: "But the sticking points will be financial policy and tax policy - that is, let's make politics for society as a whole or, above all, for the wealthy." ) Attested benefits especially for wealthier citizens.

In the

Stern group

,

Schröder emphasized

that it was important to her that the FDP was part of the next federal government in order to be able to implement her ideas.

The FDP does not cooperate with the AfD and the left.

All other options depended on the election result.

“It doesn't help anyone to exclude anything,” said Schröder.

"For me, the decisive factor is whether you can form a coalition that wants a" burst of courage "for Germany."

Greens before the general election: coalition option or just poker?

Parties spark debate about traffic lights

The three young top politicians also had specific joint projects in mind - including lowering the voting age to 16, drug policy, and the abolition of paragraph 219a of abortion and the splitting of spouses. When it comes to migration, there are common starting points, but there is also a need for discussion. Kühnert, Lang and Schröder each held prominent positions in the youth organizations of their parties, and now they want to join the Bundestag for the first time. In this respect, their attitude could also be an indication of a pragmatic attitude among the youngsters of the party.

It is doubtful whether traffic lights will actually be seriously put on the agenda after election day. The FDP chairman Lindner had already spoken out against the option. However, after the Liberals voted against Jamaica in 2017, the pressure to compromise could increase - especially since Lindner is already thinking out loud about the right ministerial post. The SPD in turn, despite all the drumming of black and yellow, recently rejected the German coalition.

However, the debate is interesting for all parties with a view to a possible approaching coalition poker. If there are other alternatives for parties, they can drive up the price of an alliance in the explorations and negotiations. It should be clear: a two-party alliance is in principle easier to manage than one made up of three parties - a point that should ultimately speak for black-green again. (

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Source: merkur

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