Traffic light explorer: quarrel over key department? Lindner signals claim - Habeck angry

The traffic light coalition negotiations should start soon.

The tug-of-war over a certain department has already begun.

• The FDP * is advising this Monday (October 18) on the start of coalition negotiations.

• SPD * and Greens * have already agreed to traffic light * coalition talks.

• The explorers have already presented a joint result *.

• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Berlin - Three weeks after the federal election *, the SPD, Greens and Liberals are preparing for coalition negotiations.

As the last of the three parties, the FDP wants to decide on the start of coalition talks for a new German government this Monday.

Party leader Christian Lindner firmly expects approval - and the formation of the first traffic light coalition at federal level.

"Failure is not an option here," said Lindner on Sunday evening on ZDF.

“We need a stable government in Germany.

It should also be formed quickly. "

Lindner expressed the expectation that a ministry would be created in the new federal government that would take the lead in climate protection.

"But this is not an existing appointment," he emphasized on ZDF.

He had previously said on ARD: “There is the Federal Chancellery, there is the Finance Ministry, there is a new Climate Ministry.

And I am of the opinion that each of the partners must have the opportunity to work creatively. "

Quarrel over the Treasury?

Lindner indirectly confirms its claim

With this, the FDP leader again signaled his interest in the Ministry of Finance.

Several party friends such as Wolfgang Kubicki and Marco Buschmann had previously openly advertised Lindner as finance minister.

The issue of climate protection is a core issue for the Greens;

In the case of a traffic light coalition, the SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, who has previously headed the finance department, will move into the Chancellery.

At "Bild TV" Lindner explained that it is not the strength of the parliamentary groups of Greens and Liberals that decides who will appoint the next federal finance minister.

"It is also not the case that it simply depends on what percentage points have been achieved," he said when asked.

In a traffic light coalition, the Liberals would make up the smallest parliamentary group.

Traffic light explorations: Habeck finds personnel speculation "not helpful"

With the Greens, the speculation about personnel met with anger. Party leader Robert Habeck described them as "not helpful". “It is part of fairness, good manners and also political wisdom not to do that now. In case of doubt, you only increase your own height of fall, ”he said on ARD. The Greens and the FDP have very different ideas about financial policy. "The confidence that this will then happen as agreed has yet to be proven, also in the coalition talks."

Baden-Württemberg's finance minister Danyal Bayaz (Greens) had previously advertised Habeck as federal finance minister himself.

He tweeted that he couldn't imagine anyone better in this position.

The deputy Greens chairman Ricarda Lang pleaded in the

newspaper on Monday that her party should take over the finance ministry because it plays a central role, for example, in decisions about future investments.

"I think it would make sense if we as Greens in this ministry form the future," she said.

Traffic light explorer: Scholz and Lindner reject allegations

Scholz and Lindner meanwhile rejected the accusation that the potential government partners had not clarified the financial viability of their projects.

It is about a great departure, the modernization of the country, said Scholz on ZDF.

A significant part of this is about enabling private sector investments.

But it is also clear that "additional funds with public investments" must be made available.

“So it's about combining things correctly,” emphasized Scholz.

Regarding proposals to set up public investment companies, he pointed out that something like this had long since existed.

He cited Deutsche Bahn and KfW as examples.

"In this respect, this is only a description of a principle that already exists and that must be included in the scope of the options for action."

Linder specified on ZDF: “We also want to activate private capital by using our public development bank to secure private investments publicly.

You don't need one euro more in debt, not one euro more in taxes, but that is just an entrepreneurial action by the state to make things possible. ”