State government: Clear the way for coalition negotiations about red-red-green in MV

Rostock. After the SPD and the Left, the Greens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also voted for coalition negotiations to form a red-red-green state government. A small party conference in Rostock passed a corresponding resolution with no dissenting votes or abstentions. If the negotiations lead to an agreement, it would be the first time for the Greens that they would be involved in a state government in the federal state.

The SPD and the Left had already given the green light to start coalition negotiations on Friday. According to Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD), these should begin on Monday at 11 a.m.

The AfD became the election winner and clearly the strongest force on September 20th. However, with 32 seats, it does not have a majority in the Schwerin state parliament with a total of 71 members. The SPD (29), the Greens (5) and the Left (5) together have more than half of the seats. If they form a government, they will have 39 seats, three more mandates than they need for a majority.

Green Party lead candidate Claudia Müller spoke of very intensive exploratory talks in the past two weeks. “Now the work begins.” It's about regaining the lost trust of the people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - and not just those who voted for the Greens. One goal is a new coexistence between people, government and parliament. The Greens advocated the expansion of citizen dialogues and the idea of ​​referendums.

All three possible coalition partners are very clear on the issue of right-wing extremism. This is currently the greatest threat to democracy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. “That’s why we won’t be working with the AfD,” said Müller. With a view to green priorities in the negotiations, she referred to climate protection, which must be consistently implemented but socially fair. The Greens achieved a result of 5.7 percent in the state elections on September 20th.