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Peter Borbe said that a red-red-green minority government is more likely in the event of a premature end to the black-red coalition than a CDU minority government. The three parties together would account for 36 percent, while the Union is at 28 percent, he explained. According to him, the CDU/CSU must support such a government because otherwise, the left-wing parties would claim that the Union is colluding with the AfD. Borbe said that the Union would follow this reasoning because of its "firewall." #Politik #Koalition #Minderheitsregierung (translated)

In the latest edition of tagesthemen from October 17, 2026, the escalating protests in France, the coalition talks of Red-Green-Red in Berlin, a speech by Chancellor Merz at the Deutschlandtag of the Young Union, and the suspension of sanctions against Russia by US President Trump are discussed, while legal reasons limit the presentation of contributions from the Bundesliga and Track Cycling World Championships on tagesschau.de. #FrankreichProteste #Koalitionsgespräche #Deutschlandtag (translated)

Enemies of savings books wrote that the SPD, Left Party, and Greens have started coalition talks in Berlin. The Greens have already announced an agreement on a packaging tax. Similar to Potsdam, a tax of 50 cents per package could soon apply, he wrote. For four ordered pizzas, this would mean an additional two euros in tax for a family. He described the levy as "madness" and said it primarily affects people with low incomes. Berliners seemed to approve of the tax, he suggested, as they would have voted differently otherwise. #Koalitionsgespräche #Verpackungssteuer #BerlinerWahlen (translated)

After the Berlin election, the Left, Greens, and SPD held successful exploratory talks and are aiming for a coalition, during which they plan, among other things, a socialization law for property companies with more than 10,000 apartments. #Berlin #Vergesellschaftungsgesetz #Mietenkrise (translated)

Wolf Reuter wrote that the SPD had buckled in Berlin and was forming a new party, which he referred to as the "Socialist Unity Party." He claimed that the plans included expropriations and also obligated private landlords to rent to socially weak people. The coalition at the federal level was thus finished, he wrote, and labeled the SPD as the gravedigger of the Berlin Republic. Furthermore, he pointed to headlines that stood side by side and urged to keep them in memory. #SPD #Sozialismus #Berlin (translated)

The exploratory talks of the three-party coalition in Berlin were successfully concluded, while Chancellor Merz was speaking at the Germany Day of the Young Union in Bonn, and there were riots during protests in France. #Koalitionsgespräche #Proteste #FußballBundesliga (translated)

The author wrote that no coalition had yet been formed and that negotiations were now forthcoming. However, the direction was clear: Berlin should belong to the people who lived there. According to him, the results of the exploratory talks gave hope for an affordable city for all. #Berlin #Koalition #Stadtpolitik #DE (translated)

The Left, Greens, and SPD have agreed in Berlin on a common exploratory process that provides for the socialization of large housing stocks and the construction of 100,000 new apartments, while simultaneously making compromises on contentious issues. #Berlin #Koalitionsverhandlungen #Vergesellschaftung (translated)

The author wrote that, depending on the interpretation, it is either a very bad or a very good joke that the SPD and the Greens had warned the CDU for years against any cooperation with the AfD, but are now striving for a coalition in the German capital with individuals whom he described as the worst anti-Semites. #Politik #Deutschland #Koalition #DE (translated)

Left, Greens, and SPD have successfully completed their exploratory talks four weeks after the election for the Berlin House of Representatives and are now proposing the start of coalition negotiations to their party bodies. #Berlin #Koalitionsverhandlungen #Wahlen2026 (translated)