Sunday, November 28th, 2021
The SPD, the Greens, the Left come to an agreement
Berlin coalition is about to be reissued
The coalition in the federal capital will be continued, albeit under slightly different conditions: red-red-green becomes red-green-red. The three parties want to present their coalition agreement on Monday.
Two months after the parliamentary elections in Berlin, the SPD, the Greens and the Left have agreed on a coalition agreement in the capital. There was “a political agreement on all outstanding points in the coalition agreement for the formation of a new Berlin state government,” said SPD state chief Franziska Giffey. Accordingly, the final editing work is now being carried out on the text.
As announced, the coalition agreement will be presented on Monday at 12 noon. Then the department layout in the new Senate should also be fixed and the question of which party gets how many senatorial posts should be answered. The chairwoman of the SPD and former Federal Family Minister Giffey is to take over the executive chair in the Rotes Rathaus.
After the agreement, Giffey said he was “relieved” and thanked everyone “who worked, organized, prepared and fought for the best political path for Berlin”. “On this basis, we will use all of our strength for good government work for Berlin,” she promised.
Giffey’s SPD had clearly won the election on September 26th, ahead of the Greens and CDU, while the Left came fourth. The SPD then sounded out with the CDU and FDP, but ultimately spoke out in favor of a new version of the alliance with the Greens and the Left Party. Giffey could now be elected head of government before Christmas.