Explorations successful – SPD, Left and Greens agree on coalition talks

The SPD, Left and Greens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania want to start coalition negotiations. After successful explorations, the negotiators of the three parties recommended that their party committees start coalition talks, as it was said in a joint statement from Schwerin on Friday. The aim is a coalition “that relies on reliability, stability and trust”.

This means that the northeast is heading towards the first red-red-green state government in the history of the state. The state executive boards of the SPD and the Left want to decide to enter into coalition negotiations in separate meetings in the evening. The Greens will vote at a small party conference in Rostock on Saturday.

According to information, the parties have already agreed on key projects during the explorations in the past two weeks. “With the MV plan, an additional 1.9 billion euros will flow from the special fund into the modernization of the country by 2035,” said the negotiators. “The daycare center remains free of charge, schools will be further modernized and the teaching provision will be improved.”

There should be a parliamentary committee of inquiry into right-wing extremist networks

The partners therefore want to work to maintain all hospital locations and create 1,000 new or renovated dormitory places for trainees and students.

The projects in the next five years also include an MV youth ticket, more citizen participation through citizen dialogues, citizens' councils and referendums, as well as a parliamentary committee of inquiry into right-wing extremist networks. Both the SPD, the Left and the Greens rule out collaboration with the AfD. If the coalition is successfully formed, the AfD will be the only opposition party in the new state parliament.