Seven weeks after the repeat of the Berlin House of Representatives elections, the CDU and SPD have agreed on a coalition agreement. The three-and-a-half-week negotiations were completed on Sunday evening, as a CDU spokesman told the AFP news agency. The two parties want to present the coalition agreement on Monday in Berlin.
From Tuesday, the SPD members can then vote on the document, the result should be known on April 23rd. In the case of the Christian Democrats, the state executive decides whether to accept the contract. If both parties agree to the coalition agreement, Franziska Giffey (SPD) would have to hand over her office as governing mayor to the CDU top candidate Kai Wegner in a new state government.
The CDU clearly won the February 12 election with 28.2 percent. The Social Democrats ended up in second place – only 53 votes ahead of the Greens. Both received 18.4 percent of the votes. The CDU then sounded out with both parties, but then decided on coalition negotiations with the SPD. So far, a coalition of SPD, Greens and Left has ruled in the capital.
