From BZ/dpa
According to the chairwoman Franziska Giffey, after the repeat election in Berlin, the SPD state executive is more inclined to continue the red-green-red coalition than to a black-red alliance.
“I would say that there is already a clear trend for the continuation, but of course it is also taken very seriously that we have an election winner here that is clearly ahead of us,” said Giffey on Monday evening after a meeting of the board members in the SPD headquarters in Berlin-Wedding. Of course she means the CDU.
“We have agreed that we are going into exploratory talks with the CDU, but also with our coalition partners,” said Giffey. She and co-head of state Raed Saleh were given the mandate by the state board to conduct these negotiations.
“Backing in the Federal Executive Board”
“My party gave me backing on the federal executive board today, and the state executive board did the same,” said Giffey on the question of a possible resignation. “
If the party disagrees, then I made it clear today that I’m not sticking to my office,” she said. “But the order that both the federal board and the state board have given is different.”
The board of directors had to evaluate the results of the election. “And everyone has expressed the need for us to go into these negotiations with a stable state board, with a stable leadership,” said Giffey. It is particularly important to explore now how a programmatic reorientation is possible in such a situation.
“It is clear to everyone that things cannot go on like this,” said the SPD politician. This relates to content, but also to the way we deal with each other and the way we work together. “For us, it is now crucial that we speak to everyone who has been democratically elected and explore the best path for the SPD and Berlin.”
Saleh said it was a unanimous decision after good discussion. She was characterized by a spirit of wanting to continue the important issues that the SPD had set, such as the city’s affordability.
When the parliamentary elections were repeated on Sunday, the CDU was by far the strongest party with 28.2 percent. SPD and Greens each achieved around 18.4 percent. The SPD came in second with a lead of just 105 votes.