Fellbach (dpa / lsw) - The Southwest FDP has urged the Greens to form a traffic light government in the country. "My request at this point to the Greens: leave this coalition, which is bobbing like mildew anyway," said FDP state leader Michael Theurer on Thursday at the state party conference in Fellbach (Rems-Murr district). Baden-Württemberg runs the risk of falling behind economically and in terms of education. "Dear Winfried Kretschmann, I believe that a change is necessary here in Baden-Württemberg."

Now is the right time to "leave the grand coalition of the green-black standstill and dare a political awakening. Perhaps it would also be the right time for a generational change at the top," said Theurer. "We shouldn't waste another three years on this country."

The time to form a traffic light in the state with the SPD and FDP could also pass, Theurer warned the Greens: Then everything would be done to vote out the green-black state government in the next state elections.