Just go back to business as usual? Probably not. If the SPD changes its city policy, the overlap with its coalition partner the Greens could become smaller. In fact, there is only a really stable majority in Munich: green-black.
The mayor did not attend his party’s election party, which was hardly a celebration. It wouldn’t have been a nice evening either, Dieter Reiter knew that. He has also long given the impression that he is not particularly attracted to party events. But he has already sent around a message that suggests that politics in the town hall will also be more than just touched upon by the state election. The result of the Munich SPD was “very weak,” he sums up. In order to get away from results like 12.1 percent in the city, “an independent profile-building policy” is now urgently needed.