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Parties advise on how to proceed after the marathon explorations

2021-10-13T04:45:29.844Z


After two days of exploratory talks that lasted for hours, the participants discuss the conclusions. If coalition negotiations are to start next week, decisions will have to be made soon.


After two days of exploratory talks that lasted for hours, the participants discuss the conclusions.

If coalition negotiations are to start next week, decisions will have to be made soon.

Berlin - The parties involved now want to evaluate the results of the exploratory talks in Berlin.

On Monday and Tuesday, the SPD and the Greens met in threes with the FDP and the Left - both times for more than seven hours.

The exploratory teams did not disclose what the content was about in detail.

The goal, however, is to find out what the next government coalition in the capital could look like.

Green parliamentary group leader Bettina Jarasch, the top candidate of her party in the election for the House of Representatives, announced on Tuesday that she would discuss the discussions in the committees and then come to a result "very soon".

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Senator for culture and left-wing top candidate Klaus Lederer said on Tuesday that he had left the talks optimistically, which he praised as interesting and informative.

The SPD state chairwoman and designated governing mayor Franziska Giffey did not give a public assessment.

Before that, however, she had already announced that she wanted to be through with the soundings by mid-October - that is, by Friday.

If coalition negotiations are to begin in the next week, some party committees would have to agree beforehand - depending on the parties' statutes.

As a Green spokesman said on Tuesday, there could be a state committee meeting on the subject of coalition negotiations on Thursday or Friday evening.

According to an SPD spokeswoman, it has not yet been determined when the SPD state executive will meet to decide - but according to reports, Friday evening is also being discussed.

The Berlin Left is planning an extraordinary party congress for Sunday if it is clear by then that the party should be on board in coalition negotiations.

The FDP is already legitimized to start coalition talks, but could also convene a small party congress at short notice, according to a spokesman on Tuesday.

If it is not yet clear in the coming days who should hold coalition talks with whom, it is possible that the committee meetings will be postponed.

So far, the SPD and the Greens have not yet agreed: SPD country chief Giffey announced last Friday that her party's preference was a coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

So far, the Greens have always emphasized that they would prefer an alliance of the SPD, the Greens and the Left.

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Source: merkur

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