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Who with whom in Kiel?
05/08/2022 8:27 p.m
Clear election victory in Schleswig-Holstein: The CDU emerges strengthened from the state elections. The incumbent Prime Minister Günther can choose his coalition partner. Which party alliances are mathematically possible?
The CDU clearly won the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein. The result is also a great personal success for the top candidate of the Christian Democrats, Prime Minister Daniel Günther, who has been in office since 2017. The 48-year-old is one of the prime ministers with the highest popularity ratings nationwide.
As head of the strongest party, Günther now has various options. In theory, he could continue the Jamaica tripartite alliance with the Greens and FDP. However, this is considered unlikely because the majority ratios are also sufficient for a more comfortable two-party alliance. According to the first projections from the evening of the election, a government with the Greens, with the SPD and also with the FDP would be possible.
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In the coming days, Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister wants to hold talks with his previous coalition partners, the Greens and the FDP, about the next state government. It was “completely clear” to him that he was now holding talks with both parties, Günther said on the evening of the election in Kiel.
“The winner of this evening’s election is the CDU,” said Günther. The result is an “enormous vote of confidence” from the voters. He personally also received enormous support, “which touches me, also personally.”
Günther also linked the clear election victory of the CDU to the government work of the past five years. “This trust and this support that we have received is also due to our coalition partners.” His Jamaica coalition has shaped a new style for Schleswig-Holstein.
Are the signs in Kiel black and green or black and yellow? “People in the country want us to continue to be responsible for government,” said Greens lead candidate Monika Heinold.
The Green party leader, Ricarda Lang, also emphasized the willingness of the Greens to assume government responsibility again in Kiel. There are “several election winners” in Schleswig-Holstein, said Lang. The Greens were part of it alongside the CDU. FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki spoke out in favor of a government alliance between the CDU and his party. However, the FDP was able to achieve “only an average result”, Kubicki admitted. The most important thing for him, however, is: “There is a majority of CDU and liberals.”
The electoral success of the South Schleswig Voters’ Association (SSW) in the background brings a completely different constellation into play: election winner Günther could also speak to the SSW in the event of difficult negotiations with the Greens or the FDP. Such a black-dark blue alliance would also have a viable majority in the Kiel state parliament based on the projections.