New proposals for a peace preamble in a possible coalition agreement between the CDU, BSW and SPD in Thuringia kept coming to the table. Now failure can no longer be ruled out.
The search for a compromise on the peace policy demands of BSW boss Sahra Wagenknecht has so far been unsuccessful in Thuringia – now the blackberry coalition project is in jeopardy. The leaders of the CDU, BSW and SPD in Thuringia actually gave themselves until Monday to think about it, according to negotiating circles. However, the party leaders may hold a round of talks beforehand to once again explore the chances of agreement. “The chances are 50:50,” said one of the negotiators to the German Press Agency. The Thuringian BSW board and especially Wagenknecht had made agreement on a peace formula a condition for the start of coalition negotiations in Erfurt.
Hardly any alternatives to the blackberry coalition
SPD leader Georg Maier was quoted on the website of the newspaper “Freie Wort” (Suhl) on Saturday as saying, “I have little hope that anything will happen.” BSW federal chairwoman Wagenknecht has been torpedoing the negotiations on the preamble for days, said Maier. Nobody from the Thuringian BSW wanted to comment on this on Saturday.
The only alternative to a coalition of the CDU, BSW and SPD – for which there have already been successful exploratory talks – is a minority government of the CDU, possibly with the SPD. However, together they would only have 29 of 88 seats in parliament. She would have to work in some way not only with the Wagenknecht party, but also with the Left in order to get a majority for decisions in parliament. The AfD is the strongest faction in the Thuringian state parliament – for the first time nationwide.
Negotiators speak of understanding in Thuringia
“In essence, all options are already on the table,” said one of the participants in the negotiations to the dpa. In Thuringia there is actually an understanding despite the problems of reconciling the positions of the three different parties.
According to the Editorial Network Germany (RND), there is a compromise on foreign policy issues that takes up the positions of the CDU and SPD on the one hand and the BSW on the other. It was approved by both the CDU presidium and the SPD’s executive state executive committee, writes the RND.
Wagenknecht, but also the Thuringian BSW board, are, among other things, calling for more diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine instead of arms deliveries. In Saxony and Brandenburg, the CDU and SPD are also negotiating with the BSW about government options.
Source: Stern
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