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Kretschmann sees great opportunities for black and green in 2025
Winfried Kretschmann has been at the head of a green-black coalition in Baden-Württemberg since 2016. photo
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CDU leader Merz declared the Greens the main opponent in the federal government. Nevertheless, Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Kretschmann sees great opportunities for the black-green coalition at the federal level.
Kretschmann has been at the head of a green-black coalition in Baden-Württemberg since 2016. With regard to the federal CDU’s ongoing sharp criticism of the Greens, the Stuttgart head of government said he found it short-sighted. Kretschmann was also critical of the fact that CDU leader Friedrich Merz declared the Greens to be the main opponents in the federal government last year. “But I don’t have the impression that he continues to support this theory.”
Merz recently explicitly mentioned the SPD and the Greens as possible partners in an email to supporters with a view to future coalition options if an alliance with the FDP was not enough. “Not a particularly tempting prospect, but there must be a majority capable of governing,” he wrote.
With a view to the current demonstrations against the right, Kretschmann warned against distancing oneself from the CDU there. “It’s about protecting the foundations of our democracy; we can’t allow ourselves to be divided by day-to-day political differences,” he emphasized. “The CDU is urgently needed as a strong democratic force against right-wing extremism.” It’s against right-wing radicalism and right-wing extremism. “You can be right-wing – as long as it’s within the framework of the constitutional order.”