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Bremen’s SPD wants to form a coalition with the Greens and the Left
Happy: SPD top candidate Andreas Bovenschulte and his partner Kerstin Krüger.
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The SPD in Bremen wants to continue governing with the Greens and Left after the state elections and meet with both parties for coalition talks. This resulted in a unanimous party decision.
According to the party, the SPD state executive spoke unanimously on Wednesday evening 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. In the election for the Bremen Parliament on May 14, the SPD got 29.8 percent. After that, the SPD also met with the CDU for an exploratory talk.
Andreas Bovenschulte has been mayor of Bremen since 2019
The alliance of red-green-red in a state parliament, which is unique in West Germany, has existed since 2019. However, the Greens have been 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).
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