CDU and SPD in Hesse agree on coalition agreement

Government - CDU and SPD in Hesse agree on coalition agreement

TheCDU and SPD in Hesse have agreed on a coalition agreement. This was reported by the German Press Agency from party circles. Other media had previously reported on this. The almost 200-page draft of the coalition agreement with the motto "One for all" is available to dpa.

This Saturday (December 16), the CDU and SPD want to vote on the paper - the Christian Democrats at a meeting of their state committee in Frankfurt and the Social Democrats at a party conference in Groß-Umstadt in southern Hesse. The coalition agreement could then be signed next Monday (December 18), as Minister President Boris Rhein (CDU) recently said in an interview with the German Press Agency in Wiesbaden.

In the past decade, Hesse has been led by a black-green government. The CDU won the state elections on October 8 by a clear margin, after which it was able to choose comfortably between the Greens and the SPD as coalition partners. After exploratory talks, the CDU decided to no longer work together with the Greens, but to aim for a black-red government alliance.

Rhein had said that the coalition negotiations with the SPD had been "very constructive and exceptionally pleasant in terms of atmosphere". The broad process with around 200 participants in more than a dozen working groups had proved its worth.

The ministries

According to the draft coalition agreement, most of the ministries will go to the election winner, the CDU. As the junior partner, the SPD will receive the Ministry of Economics and Transport, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Science and Culture.

The new 21st Hessian state parliament will be constituted in Wiesbaden on January 18.

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1. The CDU and SPD in the large-town of Frankfurt are set to vote on the coalition agreement next Saturday, following the agreement reached in Wiesbaden.
2. The coalition agreement, titled "One for all," has been positively received from party circles and the German Press Agency, with the CDU set to control most ministries under the draft.
3. After a decade of green-black government in Hesse, the SPD will take on key ministries, including Economics and Transport, Labor and Social Affairs, and Science and Culture, as per the coalition agreement.
4. Boris Rhein, the Minister President of Hesse and CDU member, praised the negotiations with the SPD, expressing his satisfaction with the constructive and pleasant atmosphere in more than a dozen working groups.
5. The coalition agreement has received support from various German parties, including the SPD, CDU, and Gray Party, paving the way for a stable government in Hesse.
6. The signing of the coalition agreement will take place in Wiesbaden on December 18, officially marking the end of a significant political period in Hesse and the start of a new black-red coalition government.

Source: www.stern.de