After the Berlin elections, the question of who will govern the city in the future remains open.
The Berlin CDU boss Wegner does not commit himself to any order in the talks.
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Another
election glitch
in
Berlin
: it could have a decisive influence on the result
After Berlin election
: CDU invites SPD and Greens to exploratory talks
Election defeat
for Berlin
Liberals
: Bayern FDP chief blames migration policy
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Update from Tuesday, February 14, 2:21 p.m
.: In Berlin state politics, the parties were even worse in “behavior” than in the federal government – the traffic light parties would now take the result of the Berlin election to heart and argue less, believes Winfried Kretschmann.
He did not want to advise the Berlin Greens with a view to forming a government, the Greens politician and Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg told the dpa news agency: "Recommendations from outside are not well received, unless I am asked for advice."
Another election glitch in Berlin: It could have a decisive influence on the result
Update from Tuesday, February 14, 1:25 p.m .:
Apparently there was another glitch in the Berlin election.
As Der Spiegel reports, around 450 postal votes are said not to have been counted.
State Returning Officer Stephan Bröchler confirmed to the news portal that there had been an “internal error”.
The votes will now be counted and taken into account in the “final election result.”
The postal ballots are said not to have been delivered in time by the post office, reports Der Spiegel.
This renewed election breakdown in the election in Berlin could have consequences for the SPD, which is currently only just ahead of the reasons.
It cannot even be ruled out that the postal votes could influence the coalition issue.
Berlin election: Left boss warns of “reactionary fug”
Update from Tuesday, February 14, 12:45 p.m .
: Janine Wissler has accused the Christian Democrats of “reactionary stuffiness” and warned of a CDU-led state government in Berlin.
Anyone who campaigns for the right “shouldn't be surprised if no one wants to form a coalition with you,” said the Left Federal Chair in Berlin.
Wissler countered the claim of CDU leader Friedrich Merz to form a government after the Berlin repeat election.
The CDU hopes to win over the SPD or the Greens for an alliance.
The left, on the other hand, wants the coalition with the SPD and the Greens to continue.
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Berlin election: CDU invites SPD and Greens to exploratory talks
Update from Tuesday, February 14, 11:06 a.m
.: Nobody should feel left out: The Berlin CDU issued the invitations to talk to the SPD and the Greens at the same time, said their boss Kai Wegner on the RTL and ntv program “Frühstart”.
"No, I don't have any preferences either - seriously, I'll be very open with both of them."
What does Wegner want to explore in the soundings?
The CDU politician said that transport policy had recently divided Berliners very much: "City center versus outskirts, bike versus car." This is also reflected on the electoral map, on which the CDU is very strong in the outskirts, while there are many in the city center green constituencies exist.
"Now it's about bringing this city back together."
According to a representative Forsa poll, a majority of those eligible to vote in Berlin said that based on the election results, the CDU had the mandate to form a government.
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CDU top candidate and election winner Kai Wegner
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Election defeat for Berlin Liberals: Bayern FDP boss blames migration policy
Update from Tuesday, February 14, 9:54 a.m .
: The Berlin election must be a wake-up call for the FDP - finds Bavaria's FDP boss Martin Hagen.
After the electoral defeat for his party, he has now called for a stricter immigration policy.
The FDP must set "clearer accents" in migration policy, he told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
"Here we must not shy away from the conflict with the Greens and the SPD."
The issue of migration is driving people massively and the FDP is fulfilling an important function in the traffic light coalition as a “bourgeois corrective”, which his party needs to “communicate better”.
The voters should know that whoever votes for the FDP is thereby strengthening the market economy and individual responsibility.
Berlin election: SPD around Giffey prefers continuation of the red-green-red coalition
Update from Tuesday, February 14, 6.45 a.m .:
After the repeat election in Berlin, according to the chairwoman Franziska Giffey, the SPD state executive tends to continue the red-green-red coalition rather than a black-red alliance.
"I would say that there is already a clear trend for the continuation, but of course it is also taken very seriously that we have an election winner here that is clearly ahead of us," said Giffey on Monday after a board meeting.
"We have agreed that we are going into exploratory talks with the CDU, but also with our coalition partners," said Giffey.
She and co-head of state Raed Saleh were given the mandate by the state board to conduct these negotiations.
"My party gave me backing on the federal executive board today, and the state executive board did the same," said Giffey on the question of a possible resignation.
"If the party disagrees, then I made it clear today that I'm not sticking to my office," she said.
"But the order that both the federal board and the state board have given is different."
Berlin election result: the majority of the survey has clear favorites for the mayoralty
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According to a survey by the opinion research institute Forsa, which was commissioned
by
RTL
and
ntv , 65 percent of the 1126 respondents with voting rights advocate a CDU-led state government in Berlin.
45 percent of those surveyed even spoke out in favor of a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD.
Only 33 percent called for red-red-green to continue in Berlin.
When asked about their preferences as to who should become mayor in the capital, 39 percent voted in favor of Kai Wegner (CDU).
Franziska Giffey, former mayor of Berlin, received only 27 percent of the votes polled.
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If it were up to the still incumbent mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD), the Berlin election on Sunday (February 12) would have turned out differently.
She makes no secret of her preference for a red-green-red coalition.
"I would say that there is already a clear trend for the continuation, but of course it is also taken very seriously that we have an election winner here that is clearly ahead of us," Giffey said on Monday evening (February 13) to the
German press agency.
What is meant, of course, is the CDU, which received almost ten percent more votes.
Union top candidate Kai Wegner sees this as a “very clear government mandate” by the people of Berlin.
It is still unclear who should govern alongside the CDU in the capital.
Talks would be held with both the SPD and the Greens, said Wegner.
Before the repeat election, Wegner ruled out working with the Greens;
Even now there are more "intersections with the SPD," Wegner told
RBB
.
Berlin election: "Ms. Giffey has clearly been deselected" - ex-mayor speaks out in favor of the CDU
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Regardless of the election victory of the CDU, there is currently a debate in Berlin about continuing the three-party coalition of SPD, Greens and Left.
Should it come to that, "it would be nothing more than voter fraud," said former district mayor Heinz Buschkowsky (SPD) in an interview with
t-online
.
According to the former mayor of Neukölln, the 28.2 percent of the votes for the Union should not be ignored.
The formation of a government must be based on the political feelings of the population.
"Ms. Giffey has clearly been voted out," Busckowsky said clearly in the interview.
He was long considered Giffey's patron and was replaced by her in 2015.
Berlin election: Left on the upswing, but also capable of forming a coalition with the CDU?
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After a series of defeats in state elections, the left sees itself strengthened by its performance in the Berlin election.
That is why the party wants to use the repeat election as a "prelude to a successful election year," said party leader Janine Wissler on Monday in Berlin.
Wissler advised her party to remain united.
If a party goes into the election campaign united, puts content forward and “dares to polarize”, many people could be reached, according to the left leader.
In past state elections, the party failed at the five percent hurdle.
The left relies on a continuation of the previous state government with SPD and Greens.
Although the CDU won the election, the coalition of SPD, Greens and Left is more popular than a coalition of two led by the CDU, said top candidate Klaus Lederer.
For the left country leader Katina Schubert it is already clear: "The CDU will not probe with us, I can guarantee that." You go into the upcoming exploratory talks with "great self-confidence".
Berlin election: "No concrete indications" for recounting
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According to the preliminary final result in the Berlin election, the SPD is only 105 votes ahead of the Greens.
Despite the small gap, there are hurdles to a possible recount.
"A narrow result alone does not justify a recount," said deputy state returning officer Roland Brumberg on Monday.
The district returning officers are now checking the election results again.
Although they could order a recount, according to Brumberg, this is only “legally restricted”.
There is such an order if there are concrete indications of an incorrect result or an incorrect count.
Because "you don't want the administration to count everything again at the end," says Brumberg.
In a second step, the results will then be presented to the state election committee on February 27th.
He could also order a recount of the votes if he "does not consider the district's submissions to be conclusive," said the deputy state returning officer.
At the moment, however, there are "no concrete indications" of such errors, emphasized Brumberg.
The election observers sent by the Council of Europe have also shown their satisfaction.
Preliminary result for the Berlin election is available - 105 votes save Giffey
Update from February 13, 0:26 a.m .:
A preliminary final result for the Berlin election is available.
The clear winner is the CDU with 28.2 percent of the vote.
In second place, the SPD apparently intercepted the Greens in the last few meters - by 105 votes.
The result table of the state returning officer sees both parties at 18.4 percent.
According to official figures, the SPD received 278,978 votes, the Greens "only" 278,873 votes.
This means that Franziska Giffey still has a chance of retaining the office of governing mayor in a red-green-red alliance.
In view of the small distance, a second count is also conceivable.
With the provisional end result, the final is probably the end for the FDP parliamentary group in the House of Representatives.
The Liberals only get 4.6 percent of the votes - they miss the five percent hurdle comparatively well.
Berlin election: Greens see interim results wafer-thin ahead of the SPD
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Berlin is still waiting for the last decisions of the House of Representatives election.
How close the race for second place is is made clear by ARD election expert Jörg Schönenborn in the “Tagesthemen”: With 15 voting districts still outstanding, according to him the Greens have 276,644 votes, the SPD has 275,900 votes.
CDU | SPD | Green | left | AfD | FDP | Other | |
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ARD (10:56 p.m.) | 28.2% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 4.7% | 9.0% |
ZDF (10:31 p.m.) | 28.2% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
Source: Extrapolations from infratest dimap (ARD) and the research group Wahlen (ZDF)
Update from Sunday, February 12, 7.41 a.m .:
Today is the day: Berliners can vote again in the repeat election.
Polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Extrapolations and first results should be available around 6.30 p.m.
Follow everything in our live ticker for the Berlin election.
Berlin election: When will there be projections and results?
Preliminary report from Saturday, February 11th:
Berlin – Just one year in office, the Senate around the governing mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) has to put itself to the vote again.
Due to breakdowns in the election of the Berlin House of Representatives in 2021, the election will be repeated at the behest of the judge.
In the election on February 12, 2.4 million eligible voters can therefore again decide which parties will move in and how many seats they will get.
Franziska Giffey and her Senate are under pressure in the new Berlin election.
All three parties in the coalition of SPD, Greens and Left could
lose votes compared to 2021, according to a survey by the
research group Wahlen .
However, the situation is not entirely clear: According to a
Civey
survey from February 10, 2023, the SPD could improve slightly.
According to surveys, however, the continuation of the alliance is still possible.
However, the CDU clearly wins and is the strongest force in all surveys before the re-election.
However, the FDP cannot benefit from the weakness of the Senate parties and may even have to fear that it will re-enter.
Due to the strength of the CDU, top candidate Kai Wegner could even replace Giffey as governing mayor.
According to current polls, the Union could enter into a grand coalition with the Social Democrats.
Participation of the FDP is also possible.
Another mathematical option is an alliance of CDU, FDP and Greens, but CDU leader Wegner had ruled out cooperation with the Greens.
Background are the demands of the Greens in the field of transport policy.
When are projections and results available?
The polling stations for the Berlin election on February 12 are also open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
As soon as voting is over, the poll workers start counting the votes.
At 6 p.m., ARD and ZDF also publish the first forecasts.
The first projections will be available from around 6.30 p.m.
The state returning officer announces the provisional official final result as soon as all votes have been counted.
The live ticker keeps you up to date.
This is usually the case in the late evening or at night.
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