The parties in Berlin do not allow themselves to be looked at when they are exploring.
What is the problem?
And is the traffic light coming or red-green-red?
Accordingly, it remains unclear when coalition negotiations can begin.
Berlin - After more than seven hours, the second exploratory discussion with three parties ended on Tuesday in Berlin. A good two weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, the SPD, the Greens and the Left met to sound out the opportunities for a new joint government. However, there is still no clarity as to who will start coalition negotiations with whom and when.
"It was a very good, clarifying discussion," said the Green top candidate Bettina Jarasch after the meeting. "We will now first discuss the results of these two rounds of talks in our committees and then come to a result very promptly." . Jarasch announced that he would continue to exchange ideas with the election winner: "We will also talk to the SPD again together."
Senator for culture Klaus Lederer, who had entered the running for the election to the House of Representatives as the top candidate for the Left, made a similar statement: "We have had interesting and really informative and I also find good conversations about various content-related issues," he said vaguely.
Not a word about the results - and also not about points of contention: "The parties have agreed not to disclose the content," insisted the left-wing politician.
This or something similar has often been heard in the past few days.
Lederer added: “I am such a basic optimist, and no one could drive that basic optimism out of me today.” The SPD state chairwoman and designated governing mayor, Franziska Giffey, completely refrained from making public statements after the meeting.
The SPD, the Greens and the Left have been the Senate in Berlin since 2016.
In the House of Representatives election, the SPD was again the strongest party, despite clear gains by the Greens.
On Monday there had already been a seven and a half hour three-way round of explorations by the SPD, Greens and FDP.
Giffey said on Friday that her party had a preference for red-green-yellow.
Greens parliamentary group leader Bettina Jarasch, on the other hand, spoke out in favor of red-green-red.
There are also voices within the SPD calling for the previous governing coalition to continue.
Giffey has also announced that it intends to complete the explorations by mid-October.
Whether that is realistic remains to be seen - that would be Friday.
However, the parties are preparing to decide whether to start coalition negotiations in the responsible bodies in the next few days if necessary.
The Greens are considering a state committee meeting on Thursday or Friday evening.
According to an SPD spokeswoman, it has not yet been determined when the state executive will meet for this.
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A spokesman for the FDP said on Tuesday that the liberals were already legitimized to start coalition talks, but could also call a small party congress at short notice if necessary.
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