Status: 27.09.2021 6:00 p.m.
On the day after the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the state boards of the SPD, CDU and the Left will discuss how to proceed. In purely mathematical terms, the SPD could rule with both the left and the Christian Democrats. With both of them she wants to sound out information for NDR. The current junior partner CDU is cracking: the head of the country and general secretary resigned in the afternoon.
For the election winner, Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig, there were flowers for success on Monday morning at the party headquarters in Berlin. Schwesig stood in a row with the Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz and the winner of the Berlin parliamentary elections, Franziska Giffey. There were seldom so many smiling faces at the SPD. Schwesig waved to the cheering employees and repeated her sentences from the election evening in the Willy Brandt House: “I am proud to be Prime Minister of the most beautiful federal state in Germany and I am very grateful to the citizens and citizens that yesterday they gave a clear vote for the SPD to remain the strongest force in the country. “
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Multiple coalition options
Now we are looking ahead. The big question is, with whom does Schwesig want to forge a new government alliance? With the CDU, which had its historically worst election result and only got 13.3 percent, or with the left, which also lost and ended up with only 9.9 percent. Both alliances would have a stable majority, Schwesig made that a condition for a government alliance on the evening of the election. So far, the Prime Minister has left open which coalition she is aiming for. In theory, a three-party alliance with the Greens and the FDP would also be possible.
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CDU: Resignations after election debacle
The CDU drew conclusions from the election debacle on Monday. State chief Michael Sack and general secretary Wolfgang Waldmüller both announced their resignation. Economics Minister Harry Glawe was the only Christian Democrat who managed to get a direct mandate. With a view to a new coalition, Glawe said that one had to be ready to talk among Democrats: “I think the base is more towards the opposition.” Nonetheless, it is important to weigh up whether the opposition role is the right one, said Glawe. “From my point of view, that would mean ten years of government responsibility.”
Frustration among the CDU base: “A continuation of the way may exist”
The re-elected Rostock CDU MP Daniel Peters spoke of a “catastrophe”. There shouldn’t be a simple “ go on ”. The frustration at the base was huge after the election failure, said Peters. His parliamentary colleague from Schwerin, Sebastian Ehlers, expressed a similar opinion: “I think we need both an organizational and a new start in terms of personnel. We have now received the third clear electoral slap in a row and from my point of view have not drawn any conclusions from the last electoral defeats At this point there must not be a continued-like this. “
Is a revolt looming?
The re-elected MP Marc Reinhardt made it clear what that could mean: “From my point of view, we cannot leave the responsibility with the top candidate alone. From my point of view, Michael Sack should run for the parliamentary group chairmanship and we should build a man with him who will also be in five years.” again running. ” That would be a declaration of war against the previous parliamentary group leader Waldmüller. A revolt may be threatened in the CDU.
The ball lies with the SPD
Meanwhile, the left is waiting. Now it is the turn of the SPD, according to Linke-Landeschef Torsten Koplin: “We are hungry for design. We have the drawers full of concepts, suggestions and ideas and would like to implement them. The ball is in the field of the SPD.” Where the ball goes, that will be decided on Monday evening in Güstrow (Rostock district) at the meeting of the SPD state executive. According to NDR information, the SPD will offer exploratory talks to both the CDU and the Left. But there should also be offers for talks in the direction of the Greens and the FDP. Both are now represented in the state parliament again.
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