The negotiators from the SPD, Greens and FDP want to get down to business quickly.
Position papers are to be presented in early November and a new government in early December.
Berlin - The schedule is ambitious: In the week from December 6th to 10th, the SPD *, Greens * and FDP * want to form a joint federal government - with a Chancellor Olaf Scholz * at the helm. At the start of their coalition negotiations, the parties appointed the heads of 22 working groups that are supposed to lash down the details of a first traffic light coalition at the federal level. An agreement is to be presented by the end of November.
"We have set ourselves this ambitious schedule because we are of the opinion that Germany should have a stable government as soon as possible this year," said FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing.
“The soundings gave us courage,” Wissing continued.
Christmas has now turned into St.
Traffic light negotiations in Berlin: Greens and FDP are confident
According to SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil, the working groups will begin their deliberations on Wednesday because the constituent session of the Bundestag will take place on Tuesday.
The working groups with a total of 300 members should then - with the exception of the weekends - meet for talks almost every day in order to develop position papers on the individual areas by November 10th.
Klingbeil said that the main negotiating group should then deal with "any remaining areas of conflict" with the party leaders.
After the planned completion of the coalition agreement at the end of November, the parties should have the floor in the first week of December.
Coalition negotiations between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP: traffic lights should be up until the beginning of December
How often they meet during this time is up to them, according to the Greens federal manager, Kellner.
But it still applies: "No weekends, no night meetings".
The agreements in the exploratory paper should no longer be shaken.
“Where we have made agreements, then we also made agreements,” said Kellner.
Looking at the schedule, Kellner spoke of a complex undertaking.
“It will certainly knot at some point.
Anything else would surprise me. ”But he was sure that the coalition negotiations would succeed.
The schedule sets a target, but this is not set in stone either.
For the Greens there is now a chance to be in a federal government for the first time in 16 years and to shape a “new departure”.
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Wissing spoke of a tight schedule, but also referred to bad experiences with the Jamaica negotiations in 2017. “We have already had different experiences elsewhere: if you talk about things too long, the problems don't get any smaller , and the hurdles are no smaller, ”he said.
“The soundings gave us courage.
We have been able to remove hurdles that have now led us optimistically and confidently into this phase of the coalition negotiations. ”In the event of a result, the FDP“ will be able to convene a special party conference even at short notice ”.
A first meeting of the main negotiators at the Berlin exhibition center on Thursday should serve the purpose of networking.
High-level representatives from each party should meet with the leaders of the working groups negotiating the details of a coalition agreement.
The sticking points in the search for a program for a traffic light coalition are primarily differences in tax and financial policy and the right path to climate protection.
After the 2017 general election, negotiations to form a new government had taken months.
After talks between the Union, the Greens and the FDP failed, a coalition of the Union and the SPD was formed.
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