The first pages for the draft coalition agreement have already been written - but important questions have not yet been clarified.
It remains to be seen whether there will be black-red-yellow in Saxony-Anhalt at the end of the week.
Magdeburg - They have already been negotiating for two weeks, in this third week the CDU, SPD and FDP now want to agree on a joint draft for a coalition agreement.
The first black-red-yellow coalition would not have been resolved yet - and anyway, the three parties have to clear a few chunks out of the way on the way to the draft.
The plan of the CDU, SPD and FDP to form a government at a glance:
SCHEDULE FOR DRAFTING THE CONTRACT
On Monday afternoon, the 18-member steering group made up of top representatives from all three parties will meet in Magdeburg for the first time.
By then, a team of two authors per party should have worked out a first rough version of the contract text from the first results of the negotiations so far.
On Monday, the steering group wants to get an overview of the questions that still need to be clarified and tackle the first of them.
After the parties have followed up the meeting internally on Tuesday, the steering group is to meet again on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the parties will discuss again internally, on Friday the third and initially last planned meeting of the group will take place.
At the latest, the three parties want to agree on a draft contract.
GOVERNMENT FORMATION SCHEDULE
Once the parties have agreed on a draft contract, all three want to send it to their members.
The CDU and SPD then want the grassroots to vote on whether they should join the coalition.
At the FDP, this decision is made at a party congress, but the base should also have the opportunity to comment on the draft.
The parties plan around four weeks to survey the members.
At the state parliament session on September 16, Reiner Haseloff (CDU) could then be re-elected Prime Minister by the new coalition.
THE DISPUTE
The two most difficult contentious issues are likely to be the planned Corona special fund and the procurement law required by the SPD. The parties are still arguing about the required amount of the special fund with which the state wants to finance the costs of the Corona crisis. According to information from the MDR, an amount of two to three billion euros is up for debate. With the procurement law, the SPD wants to enforce that only companies that pay a certain minimum wage get public contracts, the SPD demanded 13 euros. The CDU and FDP were originally against it, but could agree to a slimmed-down form of the SPD's core demand.
In addition to the content-related issues, the ministries and the distribution of ministerial posts are still pending, both of which the party leaders will probably clarify among themselves. So far, only Haseloff has been placed. CDU boss Sven Schulze and FDP chairwoman Lydia Hüskens could join the cabinet. The SPD also wants to place its two previous ministers Petra Grimm-Benne (health) and Armin Willingmann (economy) in the new state government. dpa
