٠٠:٠٣:٢٩The Greens (Die Grunen) party representatives said they had more things to agree on with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) rather than with the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU, speaking at a news conference in Berlin on Thursday.
The statement came as preliminary talks on forming a coalition government intensified following the tight result of the federal election which put SPD in the lead.
"We made it clear, we are talking with everyone, nevertheless we assume that we have more things to agree on with the SPD than with others. With the FDP we have accordance in some areas, for example on civil rights. But one cannot tell from the beginning what will comes out at the end and what will work,” said Katrin Goring-Eckart, the head of the parliamentarian fraction of the Greens.
The Greens along with the FDP have a decisive say in forming a potential ruling coalition - the first three-party one in the country’s history.
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The Greens (Die Grunen) party representatives said they had more things to agree on with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) rather than with the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU, speaking at a news conference in Berlin on Thursday.
The statement came as preliminary talks on forming a coalition government intensified following the tight result of the federal election which put SPD in the lead.
"We made it clear, we are talking with everyone, nevertheless we assume that we have more things to agree on with the SPD than with others. With the FDP we have accordance in some areas, for example on civil rights. But one cannot tell from the beginning what will comes out at the end and what will work,” said Katrin Goring-Eckart, the head of the parliamentarian fraction of the Greens.
The Greens along with the FDP have a decisive say in forming a potential ruling coalition - the first three-party one in the country’s history.
The Greens (Die Grunen) party representatives said they had more things to agree on with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) rather than with the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU, speaking at a news conference in Berlin on Thursday.
The statement came as preliminary talks on forming a coalition government intensified following the tight result of the federal election which put SPD in the lead.
"We made it clear, we are talking with everyone, nevertheless we assume that we have more things to agree on with the SPD than with others. With the FDP we have accordance in some areas, for example on civil rights. But one cannot tell from the beginning what will comes out at the end and what will work,” said Katrin Goring-Eckart, the head of the parliamentarian fraction of the Greens.
The Greens along with the FDP have a decisive say in forming a potential ruling coalition - the first three-party one in the country’s history.