State elections: After the SPD, the Left also votes for coalition negotiations in MV

After the exploratory talks have been concluded, a coalition will now be negotiated. If the Greens also agree, the first red-red-green state government in Germany could emerge.

SPD Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig: The SPD also wants to enter into coalition negotiations. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa

Rostock. After the SPD, the Left in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also voted for coalition negotiations to form a red-red-green state government. The state board made the decision late in the evening after an online meeting lasting several hours. The Greens want to decide at a small party conference on Saturday in Rostock.

The chairman of the regional association and the new left-wing parliamentary group in the state parliament, Hennis Herbst, told the German Press Agency that the decision had been passed unanimously.

After the two-week exploratory talks concluded on Friday, the negotiators from the SPD, the Left and the Greens recommended that their party committees begin coalition negotiations. The SPD agreed early in the evening. The state executive board, state party council and state parliamentary group met in Güstrow for this purpose.

If the Greens also agree, coalition negotiations should begin on Monday. The goal is the first red-red-green state government in the history of the federal state.

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