“Tough negotiations are ahead” - Loans for the traffic light? SPD boss makes a proposal

A sticking point in the upcoming coalition negotiations for a traffic light will likely be the finances.

The SPD boss brings partial financing with loans into play.

Berlin - FDP leader Christian Lindner looked comparatively deep on Monday: "The interviewees did not look for each other before the election to express it diplomatically," said Lindner, looking at the traffic light partner.

An alliance between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP would be uncharted territory at the federal level.

“Without a doubt, a traffic light would be an alliance of convenience at the beginning,” said the Liberal party leader on Monday.

Traffic light coalition negotiations should begin soon - "The finances must be deposited"

Points of contention remain.

The coalition negotiations for which the three parties are now preparing could be correspondingly difficult.

Very little information leaked out during the explorations.

Will it stay that way for the next few weeks?

In any case, since the exploratory results were announced, some top politicians have become more talkative.

The SPD * chairman Norbert Walter-Borjans spoke out in favor of partially financing the plans of the possible traffic light coalition with loans.

"The finances must be deposited, of course," he told the newspapers of the

with a view to the upcoming coalition negotiations.

"When investing in the future, partial financing with loans is justified." The debt brake contains "definitely leeway" for this.

Finances: the SPD, the Greens and the FDP want to talk about further substantive details

In addition, there are the possibilities of state institutions such as the federal and state development banks, said the SPD boss.

On Monday, the FDP was the last of the three traffic light parties to accept formal coalition negotiations with the SPD and the Greens.

Finances are one of the sticking points in the upcoming talks *.

According to the exploratory paper of the parties, necessary future investments are to be made possible “within the framework of the constitutional debt brake”.

Taxes such as income tax, corporate tax and VAT should not be increased.

Many in the Greens and the SPD are dissatisfied with the fact that, because of this determination, it remains open for the time being how necessary investments are to be financed.

"Intense and exhausting weeks": Greens expect tough arguments with the SPD and FDP

Talks about the next coalition for Germany could start this week.

First of all, the General Secretaries want to join forces again to structure the talks.

Which working groups are formed can be a sign for possible future ministries.

The declared aim is to form a government before Christmas.

A dispute * between the Greens and the FDP * is looming over the Ministry of Finance in particular.

However, further content should be discussed beforehand. The Greens * politician Claudia Roth expects tough arguments. "Of course, the next few weeks in the struggle for a future-oriented policy will be intense, exhausting and difficult," she told the

. Roth is on her party's negotiating team. "First of all, we are now negotiating the content, the division of departments will follow at the end."

Greens vice-president Ricarda Lang also expects difficult talks: “There is a good basis, but we are still facing tough negotiations,” she told

.

“Of course we will still have to clarify a lot with the SPD and FDP

financing, climate protection or social policy.”