Berlin (dpa -AfX) – In view of differences in central issues of the coalition negotiations, the Union takes pace from the consultations with the SPD. It is now important for the next few weeks, and there will therefore be no time pressure, said CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann about the schedule of the coalition negotiations for the coming weeks. The CSU and SPD also see.
At the same time, the CDU man insisted on a change of course in central policy fields such as the containment of migration, economic policy and social policy with changes to the citizens’ allowance. It is important: “No further. We stick to that.”
The SPD chairman Lars Klingbeil called it “completely normal” that it “crunch” in one place or another. He pointed out that exploratory negotiations have already been able to find compromises. “It is not at all about who prevails where, which trophies are collected. But it is about a common responsibility that we have for our country,” said Klingbeil. He was “in good spirits” that one would bring about a coalition agreement together.
New phase of the coalition negotiations
The first phase of the coalition negotiations between the Union and the SPD has ended. The 16 working groups submitted their text proposals for a coalition agreement to the control group until 5 p.m., as Klingbeil said before a session of the SPD parliamentary group. Now the top round with the four party leader and 15 other supporters should clarify the still open questions.
In the next few days, the material of the working groups will first be sighted and merged. Everything that has not yet reached unity is to be discussed in the smaller circle in the new week. In the middle of this week, a schedule for the further procedure is to be presented.
Klingbeil did not want to estimate whether government formation can be completed before Easter. This was the original plan of CDU boss Friedrich Merz.
Merz sees growing trust between the Union and the SPD
Merz tries to dispel the impression of deep faults in the coalition negotiations. “The atmosphere is constantly getting better and the trust grows. And we need this trust,” the next chancellor was probably quoted by participants in a meeting of the new Union faction in the Bundestag with a view to personal cooperation. The negotiations are currently in a completely normal phase.
There are very good results from some of the working groups, said the CDU chairman. “We still have to rework elsewhere.” You cannot be put under time pressure. Merz emphasized: “I am very confident that we can do it well.”
The first parliamentary managing director of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Thorsten Frei, had previously emphasized that “the open points would now be worked through bit by bit”. “That should happen quickly, but not under time pressure. It is more important that we are now creating a good basis for a successful government for Germany.”
Disagreement in central questions
For the working groups, there had been silent about the progression of the negotiations and the results, which the approximately 260 negotiators also largely kept. There were reportedly greater differences on the topics of taxes, social policy and containing the irregular migration. The legalization of abortions required by the SPD was also controversial in the first twelve weeks.
Compliance in different points
At least in the target description, the group agreed, which dealt with state modernization and reduction in bureaucracy. According to participant circles, general unity also exists in terms of the need to reform the Federal Police Act, to create a legally secure obligation to store IP addresses and – as required by the European Union – to determine measures to protect facilities of the critical infrastructure.
Leading CDU politicians insist on a change of policy
In view of the stagnant negotiations with the SPD, leading Union politicians exist on the turn in the election campaign in migration and economic policy. “We need a change of policy in migration policy, especially in economic policy, so that the jobs are safe again,” said North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst in Berlin before consulting the CDU leadership.
Thuringia’s Prime Minister Mario Voigt (CDU) said: “People chose change in the Bundestag election and not another.” All negotiating partners would have to “understand that it really needs to focus on people’s worries”.
At the end it is about ministries and personal details
Only when the content of the content has largely been clarified should it be decided how the future cut of the ministries looks and which party may occupy which post. Speculators are also speculated via a any integration of the Ministry of Development into the Federal Foreign Office./SK/DP/he