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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Social Democrats and Left Sign coalition agreement

2021-11-14T09:51:53.149Z


After the SPD's election victory, Manuela Schwesig will soon rule with the left in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The coalition agreement was signed in the afternoon - the next step is to follow on Monday.


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Manuela Schwesig (SPD) and Simone Oldenburg (left)

Photo: Jens Büttner / dpa

The red-red state government in Schwerin can start.

Both parties signed the coalition agreement in Schwerin on Saturday.

Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig and the parliamentary group leader Thomas Krüger (SPD) as well as the parliamentary group chairman Simone Oldenburg and co-party leader Wenke Brüdgam (left) signed the contract.

"We look forward to being able to get started with the departure in 2030," said Schwesig.

Oldenburg highlighted the great similarities between the two parties.

At the beginning of next week Schwesig is to be re-elected as Prime Minister in the state parliament and then her cabinet will be sworn in.

Social Democrats and leftists had previously approved the coalition agreement at special party conferences.

With one abstention and 79 votes in favor, the left-wing delegates voted for adoption.

In the SPD, 122 of the 123 eligible voters voted in favor.

"The left is capable of governing, and the left is also willing to govern," said the parliamentary leader of the Left in the Bundestag, Dietmar Bartsch, in Güstrow before the vote.

"It is an opportunity for us." Above all, it is an opportunity for the country.

Schwesig is to be re-elected in the state parliament on Monday

The parliamentary group leader of the Left in the state parliament, Simone Oldenburg, had negotiated the coalition agreement as the left’s leader.

In a red-red government, she is to become education minister and deputy prime minister.

The SPD had clearly won the state election on September 26th with 39.6 percent.

The left came up with 9.9 percent.

The red-red alliance has 43 out of 79 seats in the state parliament.

The SPD has 34 MPs, the Left 9.

The voting age will decrease

Schwesig had campaigned for approval for the 77-page contract in a 45-minute speech.

In it she emphasized the triad of a strong economy with good wages, social justice and ecological responsibility, which will be the focus of the new five-year legislative period.

Schwesig said she was aware of her great responsibility and accepted the election result with humility.

One of the priorities in the coming years should be youth participation.

The voting age will be lowered to 16 years.

slü / dpa

Source: spiegel

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