From Hildburg Bruns
It’s a group of losers who met on Tuesday at coffee time with brownies and pretzels in the Kurt Schumacher House.
The Berlin SPD lost 111,351 votes in the repeat election ten days ago, the Left 71,109, the Greens 64,998.
Red-Green-Red has lost a quarter of a million voters, but check out the continuation of their less than successful reign!
“You can only get stronger from a defeat,” says Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer (48, left). His party remains at the helm together with the SPD and the Greens.
Dealing with “expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co.” is the biggest sticking point between Franziska Giffey (44, SPD) on the one hand, and the Left and Greens on the other.
Probing the power glue at eye level: In the SPD headquarters, this is symbolized by the tables set up in a triangle. At the CDU they stood in a circle – but one co-partner is enough for a parliamentary majority.
However, the Greens will also muscle up against the SPD: both achieved 18.4 percentage points. In addition to their three senator posts (transport, finance, health), they could also ask the SPD for urban development or business.
The findings after four hours behind closed doors?
“A first lap that was very thoughtful,” says Bettina Jarasch (54, Greens). And Franziska Giffey: “A serious, self-critical conversation.” About new focal points (cleanliness, security, traffic, functioning city) and a different way of dealing with each other.
It continues on Thursday.