Negotiations on a possible traffic light coalition could begin soon.
The SPD leader believes that his party members should vote on the treaty unnecessary.
Berlin - The coalition negotiations for a possible “traffic light government” are to come.
The parties SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on an exploratory paper.
Today, Sunday (October 17), the Greens will decide at a small party congress whether to start coalition negotiations - the FDP leadership wants to decide on Monday.
FDP leader Christian Lindner is confident.
Decision on coalition negotiations: Lindner promotes traffic light alliance
Before the upcoming decision of the party committees on coalition negotiations, Lindner had emphatically campaigned for a traffic light alliance.
"The exploratory paper contains many concerns of the FDP," Lindner told
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.
Seldom has there been a greater opportunity to modernize society, the economy and the state.
"We don't want to let this chance slip by."
SPD boss considers member survey on coalition agreement to be "hardly justifiable"
The SPD had already voted unanimously on Friday to start coalition negotiations. SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans told
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that there was no “no traffic light” mood in his party like against the GroKo. He therefore considers a membership decision on the coalition agreement to be unnecessary. "The time and costs of a classic member survey would hardly be justifiable in view of the overwhelming approval in the SPD." However, there must be an appropriate participation of party members, for example "online".
Immediately after the federal election, Walter-Borjans described a member survey as “an option”.
The demand for this was made mainly by representatives of the SPD left, such as party vice Kevin Kühnert.
Once a coalition agreement has been negotiated, the Greens definitely want their members to decide on the contract and the personnel table in an online ballot.
The FDP probably wants to have it voted on at a party congress.
In the case of the SPD, too, a party congress could decide instead of a classic member survey.
(tkip / AFP)
