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State elections in Germany: can the left come back? | 78 comments (78 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Coalition poker (none / 0)

Ypsilanti and the Hessen SPD is courting the FDP, while their federal counterparts exert a less kind push: they talk about the FDP's 'civic duties' to not let the state ungoverned.
The FDP local leaders again react with rejection again, complaining of "neverending slime from the SPD" and even the suggestion from Ypsilanti that they are in talks. However, some federal leaders are more cautious, in line with nanne's expectations.
SPD leader Beck reinforced his rejection of a coalition with the "so-called Leftists", and implied that a Grand Coalition without Koch and with a changed CDU is an option for them.
Wulff and other CDU leaders hope and push for a Koch-led Grand Coalition, and Merkel said so too, and told that SPD+Greens 'failed with their strategy to push the Left Party over the edge'. Koch implied that he'd like to see the SPD struggle with a left-only coalition, or lead a caretaker government after failure of talks.

Talks can go on until April, they will be long.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Jan 28th, 2008 at 08:20:50 AM EST

Ice-Cold Tactician? (none / 1)

Note that Merkel's position on this helps her. Could be that Koch is being set up to fail.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Jan 28th, 2008 at 09:25:04 AM EST
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