Government formation Hamburg: SPD wants to negotiate with the coalition in Hamburg

The SPD wants to negotiate with the Greens in Hamburg via a coalition. The SPD state board decided to do this, it said in the evening after a board meeting. The negotiations should begin in the new week. So far, Hamburg has been ruled by red-green.

Despite losses, the SPD had again emerged from the citizens’ election on March 2, despite losses. She can choose who she wants to make a partner in the Hamburg town hall in the future. In the past few weeks, exploratory talks had not only been conducted with the Greens, but also with the CDU.

SPD had probed with the Greens and CDU

The exploratory talks with the Greens are a good basis for the upcoming coalition negotiations, the SPD state chairman Melanie Leonhard and Nils Weiland said. “Our common goal is to continue the successful development of our city with the red-green Senate led by Mayor Peter Tschenscher in the next five years.”

The CDU Hamburg has also been very serious in the past few weeks and in the intersections in several fields of action that significantly significant for Hamburg have been found, according to the SPD chairpersons. “We thank the CDU negotiation team for the honest, open, constructive and trusting exchange.”

CDU: are ready for coalition with the SPD

The CDU had given hope for a government participation after the second exploratory discussion also went well, Dennis Thering said. He had emphasized: “We as CDU are ready to enter a government coalition.”

Hamburg has been ruled by red-green since 2015. Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) had spoken out for a continuation of the cooperation with the Greens before the election.

According to the official end result, the SPD had reached 33.5 percent of the votes. The CDU had replaced the Greens, which fell to 18.5 percent, at 19.8 percent as the second strongest force.