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Germany steps up its cabinet formation, Merkel’s coalition party is temporarily disadvantaged

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[导读]The German Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party) said on the 6th that the two parties decided to start tripartite negotiations with the Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party) on the 7th to discuss joint cabinet formation. As a result, the current Prime Minister Angela Merkel’s coalition party (composed of the CDU and CSU) is temporarily at a disadvantage in the battle of cabinet formation.

Original title: Germany is stepping up to form a cabinet, Merkel’s party is a bit “hanging”

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing: The German Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party) said on the 6th that these two parties have decided to start tripartite negotiations with the Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party) on the 7th to discuss joint cabinet formation. As a result, the current Prime Minister Angela Merkel’s coalition party (composed of the CDU and CSU) is temporarily at a disadvantage in the battle of cabinet formation.

In the German Bundestag election held at the end of last month, the Social Democratic Party received 25.7% of the votes, ranking first; the Coalition Party received 24.1% of the votes, ranking second; the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party received 14.8% and 11.5%, respectively, ranking first. Third and fourth.

The Coalition Party achieved the worst record in history in the election, but it did not give up hope of continuing to govern. This veteran political party and the Social Democratic Party are wooing the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party, hoping to form a ruling coalition with these two smaller parties, so that they will get more than half of the seats in the Bundestag and the leadership of the cabinet.

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After several rounds of “one-on-one” “tentative” cabinet formation negotiations, the Green Party decided on the 6th to start tripartite negotiations with the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. Since the representative colors of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party are red and yellow respectively, this combination is called the “traffic light” combination.

Robert Harbeck, co-chairman of the Green Party, told reporters that the Green Party has proposed to the Liberal Democratic Party to move forward with the Social Democratic Party from the stage of “tentative” cabinet formation negotiations and enter into tripartite talks. However, he also emphasized that there are considerable differences between the Green Party and the two parties, and “many things have not been discussed.”

Christian Lindner, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, responded late on the 6th. The Liberal Democratic Party agreed with the Green Party’s proposal and was willing to initiate cabinet-forming negotiations with the Social Democratic Party. He has proposed to the SPD candidate for prime minister, current deputy prime minister and finance minister Olaf Schultz, that the tripartite negotiations should be launched on the 7th.

Lindner said: “After coordinating with the Green Party, I have proposed to Mr. Scholtz to hold a tripartite meeting tomorrow, and the meeting will be held as scheduled.”

According to the German News Agency, after the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party announced the news, Schultz’s lead among candidates for prime minister became more apparent.

The Liberal Democratic Party has previously expressed its preference for co-administration with the Green Party and the Coalition Party, the so-called “Jamaica Combination.” The colors of the Jamaican flag are black, green and yellow, consistent with the representative colors of these three parties. Lindner said on the 6th that the Liberal Democratic Party has not ruled out the possibility of a “Jamaica combination”, but at this stage it will not start negotiations with the Coalition Party at the same time.

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The results of a poll released by German TV Station 2 showed that 59% of the respondents hope that the Social Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party will be in power together; 76% of the respondents hope that Schultz will be the new prime minister. According to a poll conducted by German RTL television station, 74% of voters believe that the Coalition Party should not continue to be in power.

(Zhang Jing)

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