HANNOVER (dpa-AFX) – A black-green state government in Hanover is conceivable from the point of view of the CDU’s top candidate for the state elections, Bernd Althusmann. “If the Greens continue their pragmatic course, they would be a conceivable option for a joint government with the Union,” said the CDU politician and Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister to the “Handelsblatt”. Apparently, more and more people in the state could well imagine cooperation between the CDU and the Greens, he said with a view to the election results in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia. Even if there are still “significant differences in the programs of the CDU and the Greens”.
A new state parliament will be elected in Lower Saxony on October 9th. There is currently a coalition between the SPD and the CDU. Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) is aiming for another term. According to a survey from the beginning of May, the SPD and the Greens had a majority. Accordingly, a Jamaica coalition of CDU, Greens and FDP would also be possible./hho/DP/he
