Berlin: SPD and Greens vote for coalition talks with the left

Party instigators of Die Linke, SPD and Die Grünen

The Berlin SPD wants to start with the election winner Linke and with the Green coalition negotiations. This was decided by the state board at a digital meeting with a broad majority, as the news agency dpa and the Berlin “Tagesspiegel” report.

The Greens also decided with a broad majority at a small party congress in the evening for the start of coalition talks. Only two of the 45 delegates voted against.

The left is only about it at a party congress on October 31. This is due to the two-week autumn holidays in Berlin. If approved, coalition talks can begin in early November.

In the Berlin election on September 20, the left had become the strongest force with 25.7 percent.

and with its historically worst result – the SPD (12.1 percent).

The current ruling CDU/SPD coalition has lost its majority. Now an attempt is being made to form a red-green-red government. If this succeeds, Left Party leader Elif Eralp could become the first governing mayor of her party in Berlin.

On the exploratory paper presented on Saturday, the Left, Greens and SPD had agreed in temporarily laborious negotiations. The discussion about a consistent approach to anti-Semitism, fueled by several incidents in the ranks of the left, made the talks more difficult.

A joint declaration on anti-Semitism, on which the three parties agreed before the soundings began, is to be included in the coalition agreement if a government is formed. Red-Green-Red is committed to protecting Jewish life, Israel’s right to exist and a two-state solution that will enable both Israel’s security and Palestinian self-determination. Sanctions are envisaged for violations of the agreed principles up to the exclusion of groups.

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