Emily Büning, political director of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Photo: Jonas Walzberg/dpa
From BZ/dpa
The leadership of the Greens in the federal government accuses the Berlin SPD leader Franziska Giffey of putting her interests ahead of those of the city when looking for a coalition partner.
By linking a black-red alliance to her person, Giffey “certainly does not make a decision” for Berlin, but above all for Franziska Giffey,” said the political national director, Emily Büning, on Thursday of the German Press Agency in Berlin.
On Wednesday evening, the SPD state executive announced that the party wants to conduct coalition negotiations with the CDU. The decision was made with 25 yes votes to 12 no votes.
Giffey spoke of “respect for the election result” for the CDU and more content overlaps with the CDU. With the previous partners, the Greens and the Left, there could not have been a real new beginning.
In the repeat election on February 12, the SPD ended up with 18.4 percent of the votes, well behind the election winner, the CDU (28.4 percent).
After the election campaign, it came as little surprise that the SPD had opted “for a conservative coalition”, said Büning – which was their right. But she explained: “Especially for climate protection, the diverse city, tenant protection, a coalition of CDU and SPD would be bad news.”