The bridal show of the Berlin CDU is about to end. While the Governing Mayor Giffey wants to propose an alliance with the Christian Democrats to her party, they have apparently also been able to come to an agreement with the Greens on important points.
The Berlin CDU wants to decide at a meeting of the state board on Thursday with which party it will start coalition negotiations. This was announced by her top candidate Kai Wegner on Tuesday evening after the third and last exploratory talks with the Greens. With the end of this meeting, all parties have now completed their exploratory work.
Wegner characterized the conversation with the Greens as "very, very good" and "very solution-oriented". Both parties had managed "thick boards". When dealing with the referendum "Deutsche Wohnen
In the afternoon, when the CDU and the Greens were still exploring, various media reported that the incumbent mayor, Franziska Giffey, would propose a coalition with the CDU, which was in first place, to the SPD state executive on Wednesday. Jarasch said she was "surprised" by these reports. It had been agreed that the results of the soundings would be evaluated on Wednesday. "We focused on our program," Wegner commented on the reports.
The Christian Democrats had met three times each with the SPD and the Greens a good two weeks ago after their clear victory in the repeat of the Berlin parliamentary elections. At the same time, the SPD and the Greens also explored three times with their previous coalition partner, the left, about a possible continuation of their alliance. The left has already spoken out in favor of a continuation.
The CDU clearly won the election on February 12 with 28.2 percent of the votes, SPD and Greens came to 18.4 percent - the Social Democrats have a lead of 53 votes.
