Berlin: SPD und Grüne stimmen für Verhandlungen über Koalition mit der Linken
Trotz heftigen Widerstands aus der Bundestagsfraktion hat die Berliner Landes-SPD für Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der Linken gestimmt. Am Abend folgten auch die Grünen.
In Berlin, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party have decided to support coalition negotiations with the Left Party. After tumultuous preliminary talks in the city, 26 SPD members voted in favor of the joint investigation paper at the SPD Land Party, with three opposed and no abstentions. The Handelsblatt learned this from party circles.
Later, the Green Party followed suit at a small party meeting, voting with a clear majority in favor of initiating negotiations. Out of 45 delegates at the small party meeting, officially only two voted against coalition talks, although it might have been four due to some ballots being overlooked. The final result does not depend on this discrepancy.
Now, the approval of the Left Party is still needed. During the debate, the investigation paper, presented by the party leaders Elif Eralp (Left), Werner Graf (Green), and Steffen Krach (SPD) on Saturday, was mostly positively received. Just before the vote on Monday, the pressure from the Bund (Federal government) had grown within the SPD's Bundestag faction.
Initially, 20 members of the SPD faction in a joint statement had spoken out against a possible coalition at the federal level. Currently, it is already 25, reported one of the signatories.
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