Bremen SPD favors red-green-red politics

The SPD state executive has spoken out in favor of continuing the government alliance with the Greens and the Left. Coalition talks are to be started with both parties, said Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte after a board meeting on Wednesday evening.

In the election for the Bremen Parliament on May 14, the SPD got 29.8 percent. The alliance of red-green-red in a state parliament, which is unique in West Germany, has existed since 2019.

However, the Greens are weakened by the election result. After 17.4 percent of the votes four years ago, this time they landed at 11.9 percent. The Left Party, on the other hand, roughly maintained its result at 10.9 percent (2019: 11.3 percent).

Bovenschulte: Safety in focus

After the right-wing populist Bürger in Wut (BiW) also had an electoral success in Bremen the Sunday before last, Bovenschulte announced that he wanted to take care of people’s safety above all.

“By that I mean not only internal security and order, but above all the question of social security, that you feel safe in society,” he said.

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