After elections in Lower Saxony: SPD and Greens begin talks NDR.de – News – Lower Saxony

The sounding should start at 12 p.m., the SPD in Hanover said on Wednesday. According to information from the NDR in Lower Saxony, the talks are already about initial content in addition to organizational questions. Each party sends six representatives. After the talks, Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) and Green Party candidate Julia Willie Hamburg want to make a press statement.

Agreement on the subject of relief in the energy crisis

In view of the energy crisis, the SPD and the Greens want to quickly launch a state aid program for consumers and companies. Before the election, Prime Minister Weil had announced the sum of 979 million euros. The Greens also want to help consumers and companies quickly.

Critical issues: traffic, wolves and gas production in the North Sea

It could be more difficult when it comes to traffic. According to its election program, the SPD wants to continue planning and building motorways “consistently”. Green boss Hamburg said after the election: “With the SPD we have a party that still looks very much at the car, and we want to go more in the direction of mobility, i.e. more trains and buses, more cycling.” There could also be a crunch when it comes to wolves, as well as the planned gas production in the North Sea off Borkum.

Red-Green is the preferred coalition between Weil and Hamburg

Both parties want the coalition negotiations to be completed by the constitutive session of the Lower Saxony state parliament in the second week of November. Red-Green would have a majority in the state parliament. During his first term of office from 2013 to 2017, Weil governed together with the Greens – this time, too, Red-Green is the declared coalition of choice for both parties. The state government is currently still a grand coalition of SPD and CDU.

That’s how the people of Lower Saxony voted

Further information

SPD and Greens want to start coalition negotiations quickly. But does it work smoothly? (10/11/2022) more

Prime Minister Weil said on Monday. Greens want to lay claim to three to four ministries. (10/11/2022) more

How did the voters in the regions of Braunschweig, Hanover, Lüneburg, Oldenburg and Osnabrück vote? The overview. more

Minister Behrens does not become a member of parliament, the Greens win direct mandates and the CDU is at its lowest point since the 1950s. (10/10/2022) more

SPD and Greens want a coalition. That’s what the leaders said on election night. The FDP missed entering the state parliament. (10/10/2022) more

Who won votes, who is no longer in the new state parliament? Our overview of the state election on October 9th, 2022. more