Elections in Hesse: agreement on a second round of talks – FDP refuses to sign

On the way to a new government in the state of Hesse, several potential partners of the coalition want to continue their talks next week. Representatives of the current coalition, the CDU and the Greens, said the first meeting on Thursday was open and good. Prime Minister and leader of the CDU, Volker Bouffier, and Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Al-Wazir (Greens), explained in Geisenheim, in the Rheingau, that they wanted to wait for the first time. exchange with other parties before further discussions on a new edition of the black book,

On Monday, Christian Democrats and Greens want to see each other again. The CDU and the FDP, the CDU with the SPD and the Greens and the SPD agreed to continue their discussions at subsequent meetings.

FDP refuses fire

The FDP, meanwhile, does not want to hold further talks with the Greens about a tripartite alliance with the SPD, Secretary-General Bettina Stark-Watzinger said Thursday night after a meeting of both parties in Wiesbaden. As a result, this so-called traffic light alliance is finally eliminated as an option for the new state government. The main politicians of the FDP had already expressed several negative points of view.

Bouffier and Al-Wazir have ensured that a government with a small majority in Hesse could work well. But that includes discipline and content stability. Due to the increase in the number of Green votes, Al-Wazir also stressed that the starting position had changed. Therefore, there could be no "continuing like this" in any future cooperation.

The CDU was the most powerful force in the state election despite mbadive losses of 27%. Behind it has ended after the preliminary final result, the Greens with strong growth just before the SPD. Both parties received 19.8%, but the Greens have almost 100 votes after the official preliminary final result.

The black-green coalition could continue its cooperation at the narrow majority of a deputy seat. A Jamaican coalition of CDUs, Greens and Liberals is skeptical of the FDP.

At a meeting between the CDU and the SPD in Geisenheim, the election campaign between the two main contractors was treated in an atmospheric manner. In order to discuss in principle the urgent problems in the country, a second meeting was also agreed. There is no coalition bargaining, said CDU Secretary General Pentz.