DAccording to information from party circles, the Berlin election winner, the CDU, is aiming for a government alliance with the SPD. As initially reported by the “Berliner Morgenpost”, the CDU’s top candidate Kai Wegner wants to propose to the state executive that coalition negotiations be started with the Social Democrats. This step was coordinated with the SPD leadership, which is meeting in Berlin and wants to go public on Wednesday evening. The CDU board meets on Thursday to decide on coalition talks.
After the announcement by Berlin’s governing mayor and SPD state chairwoman Franziska Giffey that she would propose that her party start coalition negotiations with the CDU, there was both approval and rejection in the SPD. An internal assessment from the parliamentary group in the House of Representatives states that entering into the actually preferred red-green-red alliance is difficult because the Greens have “driven the price very high”. You have not accommodated the SPD in many projects, such as the expansion of the subway or higher goals in housing construction. In addition, they would have wanted to weaken the “guideline competence” of the governing mayor. The left is “very unstable” and because of the internal conflict with Sahra Wagenknecht, could not guarantee that it would be able to support the coalition for three years.
The CDU, on the other hand, has come a long way towards meeting the SPD, even on issues such as tenant protection and lowering the voting age to 16. Giffey is ready to serve as a senator under Wegner. The election chances for the SPD in 2026 are better so that “we don’t end up with ten percent”. The Berlin Jusos announced resistance. “We will oppose any attempt to form a coalition with the CDU,” said Sinem Tasan-Funke.
Greens top candidate Bettina Jarasch was “surprised” by Giffey’s proposal. It does not correspond to “the course and the results of our talks”. Left-wing politicians were also disappointed. “The SPD reduces its weight through its own behavior, I am dismayed to note that,” said Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left).