The traffic lights want to elect Olaf Scholz as chancellor in just two weeks.
Now time is pressing - the plan for the coming hours and days has already been leaked.
Berlin - The traffic light negotiations are now again a matter for the boss - possibly final: A new "main round of negotiations" is to take place on Wednesday.
That became public on Tuesday from negotiating circles.
In this round, which is reported to have 18 members, it is mainly the party leaders who have their turn.
On Monday, the general secretaries of the SPD, Greens and FDP had apparently once again entered into an exchange.
Lars Klingbeil, Michael Kellner and Volker Wissing undertook "editorial work" to review the previous negotiations, as the dpa reported, citing negotiating circles.
The AFP news agency learned that further preparations should be made on Tuesday “at the top level”.
Traffic light coalition: negotiations before the conclusion - still a secret about the distribution of ministries
Recently, some content from the upcoming coalition agreement had already leaked to the public - for example on the subject of health.
On the whole, however, the conversations between the traffic light parties remain a well-kept secret.
This also applies to the possible ministerial staff.
So far, nothing more than speculation has been heard.
Apparently the talks are not going as smoothly as hoped.
According to a report by
Spiegel
, some negotiators assumed that it would be possible to finish on the weekend - the last one, mind you.
Greens boss Annalena Baerbock also openly admitted that in the meantime they had been "fed up".
At the same time, it is clear that the time pressure on the negotiators of the SPD, Greens and FDP is increasing.
Last week the general secretaries announced an ambitious plan.
A coalition agreement is to be presented this week, between November 22nd and 28th.
If this wish is to come true, then the talks on Wednesday would have to be the final agreements at the highest level.
Traffic light negotiators under pressure: Scholz should be elected Chancellor in two weeks
That would probably also be necessary in order to keep to a schedule that was announced loudly at an early stage.
At the start of the coalition talks on October 21, the traffic light parties had announced that SPD candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz would be elected Chancellor in St. Nicholas Week from December 6th and that his government would be sworn in in the Bundestag.
If they are to keep this promise, the coalitionists will not have much time left to finalize their negotiations.
The Greens want to ask their members about the coalition agreement.
A party congress decides in the SPD.
(
fn / dpa
)
