CDU and Greens agree on coalition agreement in the north
Created: 06/21/2022Updated: 06/21/2022, 19:42
Daniel Günther (CDU), Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister, appears for consultations in the Landeshaus.
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It's done: The leaders of the CDU and Greens in Schleswig-Holstein have agreed on a coalition agreement.
This will be presented on Wednesday.
Now only formal hurdles stand in the way.
Kiel - CDU and Greens in Schleswig-Holstein have successfully completed their coalition negotiations.
"We're through with the negotiations," said Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) on Tuesday evening after the crucial summit meeting.
All open questions have been clarified.
Günther has not yet named any specific appointments.
He referred to the presentation of the coalition agreement planned for Wednesday afternoon.
"We have a good result," said Finance Minister Monika Heinold from the Greens.
After the coalition agreement was signed on Wednesday, both state party conventions will have to make the final decisions next Monday.
They come together in Neumünster.
Günther's re-election in the state parliament is planned for Wednesday next week, after which he wants to appoint the members of his new cabinet.
His government statement on the political goals of the new coalition government is due the next day.
The approval of the party conferences is just as certain as the election of Günther.
The CDU and the Greens together have 48 of the 69 mandates in the state parliament.
Both parties had agreed in principle early on to head for more ambitious climate goals and to accelerate the energy transition and planning processes.
They also want to counteract the shortage of skilled workers.
Günther announced that the CDU and the Greens wanted to pursue a very ambitious program for the next five years.
Concrete interim results were hardly known in the course of the negotiations;
all kept to the agreed silence as far as possible.
One of the open questions until the end was when certain climate protection goals should be achieved.
There have also been unresolved issues for a long time with regard to the expansion of wind energy and transport and agricultural policy.
The most recently negotiated topics included the financial framework for the coalition projects and the structure of the ministries.
dpa
