CDU and Greens in the north sign coalition agreement

Created: 2022-06-27Updated: 2022-06-28 06:07

Aminata Touré (lr, Greens), Daniel Günther (CDU) and Monika Heinold (Greens).

© Frank Molter/dpa

Now it's getting festive: The heads of the CDU and Greens in Schleswig-Holstein are officially signing their coalition agreement.

The ceremony is scheduled for late morning in Kiel.

CDU politician Günther is to be re-elected prime minister on Wednesday.

Kiel - The political decisions have been made, now the ceremony follows: the leading representatives of the CDU and Greens in Schleswig-Holstein will sign the joint coalition agreement in Kiel on Tuesday.

It is the first black-green alliance in the northernmost state.

In the past five years, both parties had governed together with the FDP.

State party conferences of the CDU and Greens approved the outcome of the negotiations on Monday evening in Neumünster.

Daniel Günther (CDU) can now be re-elected Prime Minister on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Monika Heinold from the Greens remains his deputy.

The CDU party congress approved the coalition agreement unanimously with three abstentions.

The Greens had 112 yes votes, 4 no votes and 5 abstentions.

In Neumünster, Günther had also officially announced the last open personal details.

Werner Schwarz (CDU/62), previously President of the State Farmers' Association, is to become Minister for Agriculture, Rural Areas, Europe and Consumer Protection.

Kerstin von der Decken (53) takes over the Ministry of Justice and Health.

Günther had appointed the lawyer and expert in public law to the state government's Corona Expert Council.

In addition, Günther officially announced that the previous mayor of Rostock, Claus Ruhe Madsen (independent/49), should take over the economic department.

The latter had already been leaked but not officially confirmed.

Education Minister Karin Prien and Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack will remain in office for the CDU.

The Greens officially announced their nominations last week.

Monika Heinold should therefore remain Minister of Finance.

Co-lead candidate Aminata Touré becomes Minister of Social Affairs and thus the first Afro-German minister in the Federal Republic.

In the environment department, Tobias Goldschmidt is promoted from state secretary to minister.

The responsibilities for agriculture and the environment are separated again after a long time.

This triggered massive criticism.

After Günther's re-election as head of government on Wednesday, the new ministerial team is to be sworn in in the state parliament.

dpa