Coalition negotiations
Union and SPD continue consultations – finances in the center
In Berlin, top politicians from CDU, CSU and SPD are negotiating the financial foundations for a new government. Optimism is spread. Details about results are not initially known.
CDU, CSU and SPD continue their consultations about a new black and red coalition. In the morning – as the previous day – top negotiators came together in the SPD headquarters in Berlin. Again it should be about the focus. The deputy CDU chairwoman and Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Education Karin Prien was optimistic when it came: “We are coming to good solutions,” she said.
CSU state group leader Alexander Dobrindt said when asked whether the round until Easter with the negotiations was that it was “a lot of work that is due. But we have an ambitious schedule”. He was “in good spirits that we can quickly progress”. The consultations went very well, there was a lot of understanding for the common situation.
Finances a big topic
Take a look at the areas of financing and expenses, said Dobrindt. One thing is “to ensure that funds have been invested in the infrastructure. The other is also to see that the usage side works correctly, that money is being spent in a targeted manner”.
The agenda also includes consolidation and saving. It is a central element for an agreement “that also substantial savings in the household are possible”. To report that up to 500 billion euros could be missing in the household in the coming years, the CSU politician only said: “Everyone now calculates what they want to calculate. But we bow to the real numbers.”
dpa
Source: Stern
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