After the federal election, the SPD and the Greens could rule together.
Both parties are already taking a position on this - but they do not agree on every topic.
Potsdam - There are few places in Germany where the election campaign for the federal election is as tangible as in Brandenburg.
Because in the capital Potsdam both Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Annalena Baerbock (Greens) are running as candidates for the Bundestag.
Now the two chancellor candidates met on the sidelines of a discussion - and talked about a possible coalition with red-green participation.
Bundestag election: Scholz and Baerbock say “Yes” to a joint coalition
Both Scholz and Baerbock basically committed to a possible common alliance. Both parties currently govern together in eight state parliaments (see info box). At the federal level, the two parties worked together under SPD Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in a Red-Green coalition. According to current surveys, however, a two-party alliance is unlikely to come about; the CDU (“Kenya” coalition ”), FDP (“ traffic light ”) or the Left Party (“ red-red-green ”) would need to be supplemented.
Scholz flirted a little more intensely with the Greens on Sunday when he presented his core topics.
The current Vice Chancellor named the most important points a statutory minimum wage of twelve euros per hour, rapid changes in the law for a climate-neutral economy and basic child benefits.
He sees this in line with the Greens.
“That fits well.” The Greens are also calling for a minimum wage of around 12 euros.
The harmony of the next government with Red-Green participation could be disturbed by an issue that is particularly important to the Greens: climate protection.
Current state governments with the participation of the SPD and the Greens
Berlin
: SPD, Left, Greens
Brandenburg
: SPD, CDU, Greens
Bremen
: SPD, Greens, Left
Hamburg
: SPD, Greens
Rhineland-Palatinate
: SPD, Greens, FDP
Saxony
: CDU, Greens, SPD
Saxony-Anhalt
: CDU, SPD, Greens
Thuringia
: Left, SPD, Greens
Bundestag election: Baerbock sees dissent - "otherwise it is climate without protection"
Although Baerbock basically said yes to a government with the SPD, he sees a big difference in climate protection: "We don't need renewable electricity until 2045, we need it by 2030," said Baerbock.
“If we need and want real change, then green has to be right at the front, because otherwise it is climate without protection.” Scholz then distributed a small tip against Baerbock: “Second place is also right at the front, Annalena.” In surveys the SPD is currently ahead and has left the Union behind, the Greens are in third place.
Climate protection plays a very important role in the SPD's election manifesto. The word “climate” appears 67 times on the 66 pages. (For comparison: 285 times on 272 pages of the Greens). The SPD's “future program” includes statements such as “Climate protection is the social task of the next few decades” or “Stopping climate change is a human task”. Since the SPD has been involved in the government for the last eight years, the Greens repeatedly have doubts about how important climate protection is to the party. Chancellor candidate Scholz is also repeatedly confronted with the accusation of climate protection.
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Bundestag election: Greens attack the SPD's climate policy - "Scholz has always slowed down"
"Olaf Scholz is largely responsible for the paralyzing climate protection of the grand coalition," said Green Party leader Anton Hofreiter recently to the
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
.
"Again and again he slowed down: with the CO2 price, with the dismantling of climate-damaging subsidies, with the coal phase-out."
“With Olaf Scholz there is no new start, just a 'keep it up' in climate policy.
And this 'business as usual' leads us deeper and deeper into the climate crisis. "
The Green politician Cem Özdemir recently attacked Scholz publicly.
In the debate about an early coal exit, Özdemir said: "Scholz and the SPD still don't seem to have understood the urgency of the climate crisis." Sticking to the coal exit in 2038, as the SPD is planning, would mean "rejecting Germany's climate targets" .
The Greens are calling for a move as early as 2030. Most recently, the Greens parliamentary group also published an article on their homepage in which the SPD is presented as “unable” to provide adequate climate protection.
The Groko's policy is even “a threat to the secure future of our country”.
Bundestag election: SPD wants government "with Olaf Scholz at the top" and "without the Union"
In terms of climate protection, there still seem to be differences between the SPD and the Greens. Nevertheless, it is not unlikely that both parties will govern together in the future - even if a possible coalition depends on the performance of the CDU / CSU. At the election campaign presentation, SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil said the goal was a government “with Olaf Scholz at the top” and “without the Union”. Due to the greater political proximity, the Greens would also rule with the SPD rather than the Union, but ideally would like to provide the Chancellor themselves.
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