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Scholz (SPD) wants traffic light coalition “as soon as possible”
(GermanPolicy.com) – The SPD candidate for the office of Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, would like “to coordinate discussions very quickly with the other parties with whom we want to form a government”. Scholz said after a meeting of the SPD presidium that he intended to…
Laschet (CDU) for exploratory talks with both the Greens and the FDP
by Thorsten Koch GermanPolicy.com The candidate for Chancellor of the two Union parties, Armin Laschet, does not make any unconditional claims to the formation of a government. However, a people’s party must unite more than 30 percent of the votes, he said, adding that neither…
Söder: no unconditional participation of the Union parties in a future Federal Government
(GermanPolicy.com) – Markus Söder, the chairman of the CSU, does not consider an unconditional participation in the future Federal Government to be possible. A “gutting” of the Union should not take place. The Union is in second place, so there is no unconditional right to…
Business associations want new government to renew industrial policy
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German business associations want a government to be formed quickly. One expected responsibility from all parties and tackling the priorities instead of tactical maneuvers, according to the BDI. According to the VCI, a new cabinet should tackle an industrial policy renewal within…
Bundestag election: SPD in front of the CDU, according to first official results
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the ‘preliminary official final result,’ the SPD received 25.7 percent of the vote in the election to the German Bundestag. The CDU and CSU together came to 24.1 percent. The Greens got 14.8 percent and the FDP got 11.5 percent. The…
CSU secretary-general would like to relieve companies and citizens
(GermanPolicy.com) – Secretary-general of the CSU Markus Blume has announced “substantial tax relief” for the economy and citizens should the next federal government be led by the Union. This is the only way that Germany can get out of the Corona crisis with momentum. “We…
Scholz and Greens want one million social housing within ten years
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to build 400,000 new apartments every year as head of a new government. This includes 100,000 social housing, he said in Munich. In the next five years, rents should hardly rise, promised Scholz. The Greens want…
Lindner (FDP) would prefer a Jamaica coalition
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to media reports, Christian Lindner, chairman of the FDP, prefers a coalition with the CDU-CSU and the Greens due to the political content after the Federal Election. The SPD could not automatically insist on a claim to leadership. “We want to join…
SPD vice-chair Kühnert would like a member survey on the future coalition
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD vice chairman Kevin Kühnert sees a member survey as a prerequisite for the Social Democrats to join a new Federal Government. However, Kühnert does not want to involve the base of his party in exploratory talks or coalition negotiations. As early as…
Merkel: CDU-CSU stands for “measure and middle”
(GermanPolicy.com) – In the city of Aachen, Chancellor Angela Merkel again spoke out in favor of Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet: “It does matter who rules Germany.” Laschet is a successful Prime Minister in North Rhine-Westphalia, Merkel explained, adding that he also achieved much for the…
Laschet for climate protection without excess bureaucracy
(GermanPolicy.com) – Armin Laschet (CDU) has praised the recent demonstrations in several cities for climate protection, a day before the Federal Elections. The sustainable restructuring of the German economy by 2045 is a great challenge, the candidate of the Union parties said. Without the CDU-CSU…
Göring-Eckardt (Greens) considers coalition with the Left to be illusory
(GermanPolicy.com) – The leader of the Greens in the Bundestag, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, thinks it is hard to imagine that her party will form a coalition with the Left Party after the Federal Election this Sunday. During the Afghanistan vote in the German parliament on the…
