At some point, all color combinations for coalition names are exhausted. A possible new alliance in Saxony already has an unusual name.
A productive alliance in Saxony? A possible coalition of the CDU, SPD and the Sahra Wagenknecht coalition already has its potential name: the “blackberry coalition”. The reason: Since there is no country in the world that uses the colors black (for the CDU), red (for the SPD) and purple (for the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance) together in its national flag, they have now found a solution in nature.
Blackberry represents Saxony’s party colours
The blackberry is said to be the name of the fruit because the fruit, at different stages of ripeness, displays the party colors of the possible coalition partners. The term “blackberry coalition” is said to have been first used by party researcher Karl-Rudolf Korte in an essay with theses on the state elections in the East.
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In the state election on Sunday, the Saxon Union came in just ahead of the AfD (30.6 percent) with 31.9 percent of the vote. Since CDU Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer categorically rules out cooperation with the AfD and the Left, the Union’s only options are an alliance with the BSW (11.8 percent) and the SPD (7.3 percent) or with the BSW and the Greens (5.1 percent).
Until now, Saxony had been governed by a “Kenya coalition.” The color combination of black, green and red can be found in the flag of the East African state. But Kretschmer preferred to speak of the “Saxony coalition.”
Source: Stern
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