Bumpy start of black-red
Union faction leader Spahn advises MPs about team building evening
There is already a lot of displeasure in the young government. Union faction leader Spahn has now suggested to the MPs to meet outside of regular political business.
Union faction leader Jens Spahn calls up the coalition factions to reflect on the common projects after the bumpy start of black-red. “Our actions should be determined by our own will and our joint projects,” the CDU politician told the magazine “Focus”. He also encouraged to meet outside of regular political business. “In the Union and the SPD, there are many colleagues who still have to get to know each other-in case of doubt, simply at an evening together, almost as a team building measure,” said Spahn.
The CDU politician was confident that he and SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch could build a good working level. “Matthias Miersch and I personally had little to do with each other: he was part of the government coalition, I was in the opposition group. You need a little time so that mutual trust can grow,” said Spahn.
There has already been a lot of agreed on the matter like the limitation of irregular migration, the growth booster or the rental price brake. Next, one will come to common decisions on central issues such as pension, citizens’ money, compulsory conscription. “Trust is growing,” emphasized the Union faction leader.
Spahn could not guarantee agreed approval in the case of judges’ election
The coalition had particularly burdened the burst election of three constitutional judges in the Bundestag. Due to considerable resistance in the Union faction, Spahn was no longer able to guarantee the previously agreed approval of the Union as SPD candidate Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf. The choice was canceled. Brosius-Gersdorf has now withdrawn her willingness to candidacy.
Spahn also sees the black and red coalition challenged by a changed political environment. “The centrifugal forces to the left and right outside are significantly larger today,” said the CDU politician and called a “strong extreme right in parliament” and a “populist left”. There would also be debates on social media that boiled up within a very short time. “This means that as a coalition we were sometimes too busy with what happens around us instead of looking forward.”
Dpa
Source: Stern
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