Coalition: Greens want to decide on coalition talks in Berlin on Monday

Berlin. The Greens want to decide on Monday whether they will enter into coalition talks with the Left and the SPD in Berlin. Then the state committee comes up. 49 delegates then cast their vote, as the party announced. Initially, the Greens had planned a small state party conference for Friday evening.

The Left, the Greens and the SPD in Berlin had interrupted their exploratory talks on Tuesday evening because of the inclusion of the controversial MP Vanessa Emde in the left-wing faction. Like other parts of the Berlin Left, it is repeatedly criticized for its positions on Israel and anti-Semitism.

On Thursday, the parties continued their discussions about a possible government coalition. The parties' teams met at midday in the House of Statistics. Around three and a half weeks after the state parliament election, the conditions for a quick agreement remain difficult.

The Left clearly won the election to the House of Representatives on September 20th with 25.7 percent. Top candidate Elif Eralp then confirmed her intention to form a government with the Greens and the SPD. The Greens received 14.3 percent of the vote, the SPD 12.1 percent.

The Greens had already sympathized with a left-wing government during the election campaign. A government between the CDU, the Greens and the SPD would also be possible. Most recently, the CDU ruled with the SPD in Berlin.

However, all three parties have reservations about such a “Kenya alliance”. The CDU, Greens and SPD are considered the three election losers. In addition, they only have a narrow majority of three seats in the Berlin House of Representatives. That's why the CDU hadn't even invited people to talks so far. It is also still unclear whether a failure of the talks between red-green-red would change this.