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The Vice President of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament, Aminata Touré, with Schleswig-Holstein's Finance Minister Monika Heinold (r), top candidate of the Greens
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The first forecasts show a strong result for the CDU and the Greens in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament.
"An outstanding election result for the CDU in Schleswig-Holstein" and throughout Germany, said the deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Johann Wadephul, when describing the first forecasts for the election in his federal state.
In addition to Prime Minister Daniel Günther, Wadephul thanked party leader Friedrich Merz for his commitment.
You will talk to the Greens and FDP said.
For the CDU, the result is “a political booster”.
According to initial forecasts, however, the SPD is behind the Greens: "The SPD has not noticed a chancellor bonus here," said Wadephul.
There was also a jubilant mood at the Greens’ election party after the first forecast.
"The first sign is great," said the Vice President of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament, Aminata Touré.
"If it actually happens that the AfD is kicked out of the state parliament, it would be the first parliament in which it is kicked out again," said the Green Party.
According to initial forecasts, the AfD could not be represented in the state parliament.
"We can be extremely proud of ourselves," Touré said of her party.
Greens are pushing for a two-party coalition
Federal Minister of Economics and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) campaigned for a black-green state government.
"I think that would be a success story," Habeck said on Sunday on ARD.
Schleswig-Holstein is currently developing in the direction of progressiveness.
In his opinion, an alliance between a value-conservative CDU and the progressive Greens would be good.
Habeck said that Prime Minister Günther, as the victor in the election, was "clever enough" to say that if two people won the election, they should form a coalition together.
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The Greens Federal Chairwoman Ricarda Lang said on ZDF that she was "damn proud, really happy" about the result of the Greens in Schleswig-Holstein.
Lang said there was a great deal of satisfaction with the existing government alliance.
Lang also advocated a black-green alliance.
“Of course we are available for government formations.” But the ball is in Günther's hands.
In the SPD, the mood is not quite as good.
According to the first forecast, the party is about 16 percent behind the Greens.
SPD politician Ralf Stegner said of his party's poor result that it was difficult to beat a popular prime minister like Günther.
The SPD candidate Thomas Losse-Müller was little known in the country.
"You can't put that nicely," said Günther.
One must now distinguish oneself in the opposition, "so that we don't disappear from the scene."
It was clear that it would be difficult to campaign against Germany's most popular prime minister, explained SPD top candidate Losse-Müller.
He was proud of how his party went into this election campaign.
Unfortunately, you couldn't prevail.
The FDP also offers itself with seven percent for a government with the CDU.
FDP top candidate Bernd Buchholz explained that Günther was offering "what he has valued so much in recent years".
On the importance of the forecasts for federal politics, Buchholz said: »One should not overinterpret the things that play a role in the federal states«.
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