In Berlin, the probing continues - on Tuesday for the second time in a round of three.
The evening before, it became clear that such conversations can take a long time.
Berlin - A good two weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, the exploratory talks will continue on Tuesday (10 a.m.) in a three-way format.
The negotiators of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left meet in the SPD regional office.
The three parties have been ruling together since 2016.
About five hours are allotted for the discussion about the possible formation of a new government.
But it can also take longer, as the meeting of the SPD, Greens and FDP showed on Monday.
Only after about seven and a half hours did the parties part - without commenting on details.
The SPD state chairman and mayor-designate Franziska Giffey announced last Friday that her party wanted to continue exploring the two three-way formats after numerous bilateral talks.
At the same time, she had made it clear that she had a preference for a traffic light coalition with the Greens and the FDP.
The Greens, on the other hand, are in favor of a continuation of the previous three-party coalition with the SPD and the Left.
After the election on September 26, the SPD, Greens, CDU, Left and FDP initially explored commonalities and differences with regard to a possible coalition in two-party formats.
A whole series of three-party alliances are mathematically possible.
However, the CDU is out for the time being, the SPD and the Greens are considered set for a new coalition.
It is only open who joins as a third partner.
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Giffey had announced that he would complete the explorations by mid-October and then begin coalition negotiations.
That means that the parties only have this week for the preliminary talks.
dpa