FDP General Secretary Wissing is now destroying the last hope in Jamaica

The coalition negotiations with the SPD, Greens and FDP have begun.

Climate activists are now putting pressure on the parties.

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• The traffic light coalition negotiations started on Thursday (October 21).

• The new government made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP should be in place by the beginning of December.

• Meanwhile, there is criticism of the parties' climate policy.

  Luisa Neubauer puts the pressure on.

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Update from October 23, 4 p.m.:

The SPD chairman Saskia Esken called on Saturday at the party conference of the Baden-Württemberg SPD in Freiburg not to be irritated by the criticism of the exploratory paper by the SPD, Greens and FDP. "Anyone who says that this is a yellow exploratory paper should take a look at what has been clearly agreed," Esken said in front of around 500 delegates.

In a traffic light coalition, however, all partners would have to be visible - including the FDP as the “party of free enterprise”. Esken emphasized, however, that the traffic light will not be the “coalition of the lowest common denominator”. Esken announced: “The SPD will be a lobby for those who otherwise have no lobby.” With this statement, she particularly refers to children for whom the SPD wants to stand up.

Update from October 23, 9:00 a.m.:

The pressure on the coalition negotiators is growing not only externally, but also internally. For the FDP general secretary Volker Wissing * it is impossible that the coalition talks fail. He sees “no sustainable alternatives” to a government alliance with the SPD and the Greens. Therefore a failure of the coalition negotiations is “not an option”. This is what Wissing told the

, which was published on Saturday (October 23rd).

He stressed that the talks would therefore be conducted “responsibly and constructively”.

Wissing also reacted to the climate protection demonstrations on Friday (October 22) and reaffirmed the relevance of climate protection in the negotiations.

"All three parties know that it will take an enormous effort to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees," said Wissing, referring to a key demand made by the thousands of demonstrators.

Negotiations on financing climate protection

"We are ready and want to do our part to achieve real climate protection," said Wissing. The annual investment requirement of 50 billion euros to implement this goal, however, still has to be negotiated with one another. All investments must be "solidly financed" and not jeopardize currency stability.

Wissing

told the

that the state-owned credit institutions for reconstruction should participate in the financing.

The Green Bundestag member Nyke Slawik * in turn demanded tough negotiations from her party on the issue of climate protection.

She complained to the

that there was no mention of a “real traffic turnaround” in the exploratory paper.

She supported the thousands of climate protection demonstrators in Berlin on Friday (October 22nd) and emphasized that pressure from civil society was needed “if the next government is really to become a climate government”.

The exploratory paper does contain improvements in climate protection, but that will not be enough to achieve the Paris climate targets.

Good atmosphere for discussion: results would be treated discreetly

SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans * praised the positive discussion climate in the negotiations so far. "We came together in a very constructive attitude," said Walter-Borjans to the

on Saturday (October 23). The good climate is also expressed in the fact that the results are treated discreetly. That is a "huge difference" to the talks that the SPD had with the previous coalition partner. Next Monday (October 25), the 16th specialist working groups of the three parties will begin their talks and negotiate details on various topics that will then become part of the coalition agreement.

First report from

Berlin - The traffic light coalitionists of the SPD, Greens and FDP are pushing the gas pedal when finding a government.

The coalition talks began a few days ago, and the results should be available by the end of November before the first traffic light coalition at federal level should be a done deal at the beginning of December.

Traffic light coalition: climate activists put pressure on party trio

Shortly after the coalition talks began, the pressure on negotiators increased to provide answers to pressing social questions.

Climate protection activists in particular are demanding that the future federal government put the fight against climate change at the center of the political agenda.

Almost four weeks after the federal election *, thousands demonstrated in Berlin on Friday for more ambitions in terms of climate protection.

There were blockades in front of the party headquarters of the SPD and the Greens.

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Climate activist Luisa Neubauer (l) at a climate demonstration in front of the SPD headquarters, the Willy Brandt House.

© Annette Riedl / picture alliance

Activist Luisa Neubauer warned the traffic light negotiators to keep their promises in terms of climate protection.

"And when we stand here now and say: 'Dear government, dear coalition partners: inside, 1.5 degrees', then we mean it, it is not up for negotiation, we do not do things by halves," said Neubauer in front of the SPD Headquarters.

The 25-year-old had already put pressure on the SPD, Greens and FDP in the days before.

Video: Climate strike: This is what the demonstrators hope for from the coalition negotiations

Traffic light coalition: Merkel sees change of government calmly

Meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel * has also spoken out about the possible new government. The CDU politician, who will probably miss a record because of the pace of the traffic light coalition *, is relaxed about the change of power in the Chancellery. "I know what we have achieved in the governments that I have led," said Merkel, looking back on her 16 years in government, of the

. The fact that in the future, Olaf Scholz *, another Social Democrat, should sit in the Chancellery does not cause her any sleepless nights. There will be political differences, that goes without saying, she said. "But I can sleep peacefully."

Merkel does not share the concerns that a traffic light coalition * led by social democrats could run into too much debt.

"With Mr. Scholz, I didn't always get the impression that the money was loose," added Merkel.

The 67-year-old can look back on the current coalition negotiations.

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