Now it is known how the SPD, FDP and Greens want to negotiate exactly - first details leaked

The coalition negotiations between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP can begin.

The kick-off meeting should take place on Thursday.

News ticker.

• Coalition negotiations for a traffic light government could start soon.

  Green leader Baerbock * commented on the schedule

  (see update from October 19, 8:50 a.m.).

• The SPD, Greens and FDP want to negotiate in 22 working groups on the individual aspects of a possible coalition agreement

  (see update from October 19, 3:10 p.m.).

• The kick-off meeting for the coalition negotiations is to take place on Thursday afternoon

  (see update from October 19, 5 p.m.).

• This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from October 19, 5:00 p.m.:

The negotiating teams of the SPD.

The Greens and the FDP want to meet on Thursday afternoon for coalition negotiations with the aim of forming a traffic light government.

As the news agency AFP learned, however, no substantive negotiations are to take place.

Much more, the representatives of the three parties want to clarify organizational questions.

The leaders of the SPD, Greens and FDP agreed on a result paper on their explorations on Friday.

The responsible bodies of the three parties have meanwhile approved the commencement of formal coalition negotiations.

Traffic light talks: 22 working groups are to negotiate a coalition

Update from October 19, 3:10 p.m

.: The traffic light discussions are taking shape.

The SPD, Greens and FDP want to negotiate in 22 working groups on the formation of a traffic light coalition.

As the news agency AFP learned on Tuesday in Berlin, the first working group is entitled “Modern State and Democracy”.

Among other things, it should deal with the topics of planning acceleration, voting rights and participation.

The second working group is called “Digital Innovations and Digital Infrastructure”.

This is followed by the groups “Innovation, Science and Research” and “Economy”.

One working group therefore deals with the topic of “environmental protection and nature conservation”, another with “agriculture and nutrition”.

In further groups, advice is given on the subjects of “mobility”, “climate, energy, transformation” and “welfare state, basic security and pensions”.

The subject of “work” should include further training and qualification.

“Building and Living”, “Health and Care”, “Education and Opportunities for All” and “Children, Family, Youth” are the titles of other groups.

The latter should include the planned basic child benefits.

“Internal security, civil rights, sport” will be discussed in a further working group, as will “Equality, Diversity” and the topic “Good living conditions in town and country”.

“Flight, Migration, Integration” as well as “Security, Defense, Development, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights” and “Europe” are the titles of other working groups.

The “Finances and Budget” working group deals with future investments and sustainable public finances.

Traffic light talks: Kretschmann not surprised by the speed limit veto

Update from October 19, 1:20 p.m.:

Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) is not particularly surprised: his party was unable to prevail in the exploratory talks with the SPD and FDP regarding a speed limit on motorways.

"I was expecting it," he said.

He does not consider the Greens to be weakened because of this issue in the negotiations.

"Everyone has to give something in the explorations," said Kretschmann, who had participated in the exploratory negotiations for the Greens.

However, he considers resistance to a speed limit to be irrational: "I have already said earlier that what the American's weapon is, the German is the speed *." A speed limit would have made sense for many reasons, for example in preparation for autonomous driving , but it is of "minor importance" for carbon dioxide emissions, said Kretschmann.

"The climate change will not fail because of this." Because he was not a fan of symbolic politics, he had long since decided: "I will no longer devote myself to it."

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Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, at a press conference.

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Legalization of cannabis: It does not matter in the traffic light exploratory paper

Update from October 19, 12.20 p.m.:

According to a survey, 30 percent of citizens would support a general legalization of cannabis. On the other hand, 59 percent of those surveyed are of the opinion that it should only be allowed as a medicinal product, as can be seen from the current “trend barometer” from RTL and ntv. Seven percent say the sale and use of cannabis should be banned in general. The polling institute Forsa interviewed a good 1000 people for the survey in mid-October.

For medical purposes, cannabis has been allowed in Germany since 2017 and can be prescribed by doctors, for example to relieve pain in the seriously ill.

Young people are most likely to be in favor of general legalization: among 14 to 29 year olds it is 39 percent, among 30 to 44 year olds even 41 percent.

In addition, supporters of the Greens (48 percent) and leftists (50 percent) are in favor.

Against the background of exploratory talks for a possible coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, the debate about the legalization of cannabis in Germany had recently picked up speed again.

In the exploratory paper, however, the topic was left out *.

Traffic light government?

Green leader Baerbock comments on the schedule of the coalition negotiations - and on the climate ministry

Update from October 19, 8:50 a.m.:

The coalition negotiations between the SPD, Greens and FDP are to start in the coming days, according to Green leader Annalena Baerbock.

However, she did not give an exact date on Tuesday in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin”.

“It will start now at the end of the week.

That is exactly what we are now clarifying between the parties, ”she said.

When asked whether it would start on Thursday, she said: “We will now see whether it is Thursday, early, late or whenever.

We are clarifying that right now. "

Baerbock also once again emphasized the importance of a “climate government”, which is now needed.

The moderator replied: "What we hear, it won't be a climate ministry that could have a veto right."

Baerbock also considers it possible to finance projects of the possible Ampel coalition with loans.

"That is billions that we are lifting and that within the framework of the debt brake," she said.

The financial question was "controversially discussed" among the traffic light partners.

It had been discussed, "for this, also possible loans that are possible within the framework of the debt brake, to be appropriately taken out for the investments that we need," said Baerbock.

That is possible.

The SPD expressed itself similarly

“Tough negotiations are ahead” - Loans for the traffic light?

SPD boss makes a proposal

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Christian Lindner (left), FDP leader, Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for chancellor, and Norbert Walter-Borjans, SPD federal chairman (right), after a statement on the exploratory talks between the SPD, FDP and the Greens.

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© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

First report from October 19:

Berlin - FDP leader Christian Lindner looked comparatively deep on Monday: "The interlocutors did not look for each other before the election to express it diplomatically," said Lindner with a view to 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

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

financing, climate protection or social policy.”