Internal SPD paper
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Why Giffey wants a coalition with the CDU
Franziska Giffey wants a black-red coalition – against resistance in their own ranks. The final report of their exploratory team, which is available to rbb, reveals why this is the case: Above all, it is a settlement with the Greens. By Angela Ulrich
- Berlin SPD doubts the seriousness of agreements with the Greens
- sees left because of “ordeal” no longer as assertive
- assumes that there will be less friction in the alliance with the CDU
In their exploratory conclusion, the SPD negotiators accuse the Greens of not having been reliable negotiating partners. In “almost all political areas, the Greens have raised serious doubts about the seriousness of their ability to make agreements,” says the paper, which is available to the ARD capital studio and the rbb. This would primarily affect target figures for housing construction, as well as the new school building or the continuation of the 29-euro ticket.
Binding negotiations were also not possible with the left. The party is facing a “breaking test,” summed up the SPD’s exploratory team. At the state level, “there are considerable doubts about the ability of the parties to agree on positions to be enforced.”
“Socialization framework law” is to be created
The CDU, on the other hand, gives the SPD consistently good grades. The soundings “led to the conviction that the essential political positions of the SPD are reflected in the compromise process, and that a positive prognosis on the realistic feasibility can be given”. According to the paper, the SPD and CDU jointly want to maintain the new construction target of “an average of up to 20,000 new apartments per year” when it comes to housing construction.
On the subject of expropriations, the referendum will be taken into account “in the event of a corresponding vote by the expert commission through the development of a socialization framework law and the further purchase of housing stock for the municipal hand”. A wording that is based entirely on the fact that the expert commission will not, as expected, give a unanimous vote, but will also refer to the legal risks in their final report.
That would clear up the issue with a light hand. Because of course, with a CDU-led government, under no circumstances would the stocks of housing groups be expropriated.
SPD expects less friction losses with the CDU
The SPD has also formulated a large number of joint goals with the CDU on other issues such as a “functioning city”, internal security, transport and climate protection. For example, a “special fund” is to be set up for the “climate-neutral city earlier than 2045”. Berlin will also “train significantly more teachers than before,” the paper says.
The SPD also evaluates its own perspective in Berlin. According to this, “a real new beginning” cannot be conveyed in the previous political constellation with the Greens and the Left. “The high number of unresolved conflicts within the coalition over the past six years suggests that an improvement in the balance sheet in key areas for the SPD Berlin, such as the construction of affordable housing or the improvement of security and cleanliness, is hardly credible in the current alliance. “
With a two-party alliance with the CDU, on the other hand, the SPD sees “higher creative power with less friction losses in internal coalition votes”. As a result, “improved profile building in a coalition with the CDU with a view to the elections in 2026 is possible”.