The next federal election is still about a year away, but given the many disputes within the traffic light coalition, the parties are already considering coalition options.
Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther has warned the Union against ruling out a coalition with the Greens after the next federal election. “We cannot tell people that black-green does not work in general when the CDU and the Greens govern together very successfully in several states, including the most populous. That would be completely unbelievable,” the CDU politician told the Funke Media Group.
Coalitions cannot be ruled out under any circumstances. “All democratic parties should keep the option of talking to each other open,” said Günther. “I would not campaign aggressively for a black-green coalition to be the only option at federal level. But I would also not recommend that the Union commit itself to a coalition election campaign now.”
Günther himself governs Schleswig-Holstein in a black-green coalition. His Bavarian counterpart Markus Söder (CSU) recently spoke out firmly against a coalition with the Greens at federal level. Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) also ruled out an alliance between his party and the Greens. He told Bild: “The CDU is no longer considering the Greens participating in the government.” He justified this by saying that the Green Party had failed “because of itself.” In his words, Green participation in the government should have helped to reconcile the conflict between economy and ecology. The opposite has happened.
The next federal election is scheduled for September 28, 2025.
Source: Stern
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