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12 Dec 2017

Green Party parliamentary group leader ā€œstill ready for talksā€ on government participation

Welt Online

The Green Party is ā€œstill ready for talksā€ on becoming part of a possible government coalition in Germany, the party’s parliamentary group co-leader Katrin Gƶring-Eckardt has said in an interview with Welt Online. She said that her party would be ready for talks on forming a minority government with Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance as well as for a renewal of talks on a so-called Jamaica coalition with the conservatives and the pro-business FDP, which dropped out of exploratory consultations in late November. ā€œGermany needs an ecologic and future-oriented governmentā€, Gƶring-Eckardt said, arguing that a possible renewal of the coalition between the conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) would mean a ā€œstandstillā€ for German politics. However, she added that a minority government with the conservatives would only work for the Greens if it was possible to secure parliamentary majorities for important policy proposals, ā€œsuch as the coal exitā€.

Find the interview in German (behind paywall).

See Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę’s Coalition Watch for updates on Germany’s attempts to form a government.

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