State election in North Rhine-Westphalia:SPD moves away from traffic light coalition in NRW
- After the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the parties are discussing possible consequences for federal politics and the question of which coalition will govern there in the future.
- A traffic light coalition or a black-green government are possible – a grand coalition is considered unlikely.
- The SPD is now moving away from the idea of a traffic light coalition with the FDP and the Greens. The Liberals also think this is unlikely.
- The press conferences of the top representatives of the parties can be seen here in the live stream from 11 a.m.
- Prime Minister Wüst’s CDU won the election with 35.7 percent of the vote. The SPD comes to 26.7 percent, the Greens improve significantly to 18.2 percent. FDP and AfD move into the state parliament, the left fail at the five percent hurdle.
By SZ authors
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