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Red-green-red in Berlin: SPD wants members to vote on coalition
The SPD base in Berlin should have a say in a possible coalition with the Left and the Greens. Calls for such a vote had recently become louder. more...
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dpa | In addition to the Left and the Greens, the Berlin SPD is now also planning a member survey about a possible red-green-red coalition agreement. This was reported from party circles, the Tagesspiegel first reported. As it was said, the project will be discussed and initiated in the SPD's executive state executive committee in the next few days, and then in the state executive committee as an expanded leadership body.
The party's ranks had recently called for such an involvement of the party base. Economics Senator and former party leader Franziska Giffey, among others, campaigned for this, as did former Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse (SPD). Both are opposed to a red-green-red coalition. As early as 2023, the SPD conducted a member survey about the then black-red coalition, and then in 2024 one about the new party leadership.
In the election for the Berlin House of Representatives on September 20th, the Left was the strongest force with 25.7 percent. They were followed by the CDU (18.8 percent), AfD (16.3 percent), the Greens (14.3 percent) and - with their historically worst result - the SPD (12.1 percent).
The previously ruling CDU-SPD coalition has lost its majority. After successful exploratory talks, attempts are now being made to form a red-green-red coalition. If this succeeds, Left Party leader Elif Eralp could become the first governing mayor of her party in Berlin.