2024-08-24 05:12:48
SPD leader Saskia Esken does not rule out coalitions between her party and Sahra Wagenknecht’s alliance at the state level. Decisions are to be made by the state associations.
SPD leader Saskia Esken has not ruled out a collaboration between her party and the Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) coalition at the state level. With the exception of the clear exclusion of any collaboration with the AfD, coalition decisions are “mainly a matter for the state associations,” she said in the “ZDF Berlin Direkt Summer Interview.” “They don’t need our advice, they will decide after the election in light of the constellation.” New state parliaments will be elected in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg in September.
Esken described the traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, which recently had a heated debate about improvements to the draft budget for the coming year, as a “strong government”. She continued: “We are now leading a government, a truly unusual and not easy coalition.”
Esken left no doubt about Olaf Scholz’s renewed candidacy. “Olaf Scholz is our chancellor and he will also be our candidate for chancellor.”