FDP and Greens are pushing up the price of the Jamaica coalition
Federal election in Germany "Many now transfigure Jamaica into a romantic political project," says Christian Lindner, head of the FDP.
Before the start of the exploratory talks between CSU / CDU, FDP and Greens, the smaller parties are sceptical and call for initial conditions.
FDP boss Lindner says in an interview that the Jamaican coalition is not for him as an alternative. He could also imagine a role in the opposition.
The Greens are particularly committed to refugee policy: they will not allow themselves to be caught by setting of a ceiling.
In the struggle for government education, it becomes serious. After the SPD categorically ruled out continuing the grand coalition also in the coming legislative period, all the signs indicate a black-yellow-green coalition. That it is not easy for the three or four parties CDU / CSU, FDP and Greens to agree on a coalition agreement, all parties to the agreement will agree. But a serious alternative is not in sight. Nevertheless, or precisely because of this, the potential junior partners CSU, FDP and Greens are now sceptical. The FDP and the Greens, in particular, are trying to formulate clear red lines. An attempt by the kingmakers to raise the price at an early stage?
The German Liberal Party leader Christian Lindner made his first foray in the daily newspaper, Die Welt: "Some are now transfiguring Jamaica into a romantic political project." Notwithstanding the computational majority, all parties would have their own mandates. "Whether these can be connected without contradictions and in the interest of the country is in the stars," said Linder to Die Welt. Politics is not mathematics.
His party was "capable of discussion at any time," Lindner added. However, his party would only enter into a coalition "if there were a change of trend in German politics." At its extraordinary party conference, the FDP had adopted a paper with "Ten Changes of Trend for Germany" a week ago. The demands concern, among other things, the areas of education, digitization, immigration policy, tax relief and the euro zone. The FDP, for example, wants to set up an immigration law based on the Canadian model, Lindner said. A "sensible energy policy" was non-negotiable for him, and "automatic financial transfers in Europe" could not be made with the FDP. If the coalition partners do not agree, the party would prefer to make their arguments from opposition.
It would be difficult for the Union and the Greens to reach agreement on refugee policy
The talks on refugee policy are particularly relevant. Especially for the Greens and the CDU / CSU it would be difficult to agree on a common line. Green party leader, Simone Peter told the Rhenish Post that she saw a red line in the upper limit for refugees demanded by the CSU: "In a coalition with us, there will be no upper limit for refugees as the CDU and FDP want. The CSU must adjust its position if it takes Jamaica seriously. "
An upper limit has already been vigorously contested between the CDU and CSU, the Greens have long opposed it and are advocating a facilitated family immigration. "Our political compass is refugee protection and human rights, so recognized refugees are to be allowed to fetch their families later. We refuse a further suspension of family immigration over the two-year stop in March 2018," Peter told the newspaper.
The CSU in the CSU-CDU internal dispute about the upper limit on Tuesday signalled for the first time a meeting of minds. "It is not just about the upper limit, but immigration is a rule of law, including the immigration of skilled workers, but also the limits for the coming years," said party chief, Horst Seehofer. The reference to an overall concept is seen in the CSU as a possible way of compromising with the CDU.
The left-wing and ex-party leader Jürgen Trittin will be on the negotiating team for the Greens, due to whom the 2013 a CDU/CSU/Green alliance failed. A lightning survey for the ARD revealed that a majority of the Germans would now welcome a government alliance from the Union, the FDP and the Greens. Seehofer, however, warned the Greens against excessive demands. "We will not make any oblique compromises." He reckoned that talks on coalition formation would be "extremely difficult".
So much do the coalition parties want to manoeuvre - until a new government actually is formed, some time might pass. Bavarian Minister-President Seehofer said reportedly on Tuesday that the CDU and CSU wanted to fix their positions in the first half of October. This makes it unlikely that coalition discussions could take place before the Lower Saxony election on 15 October.
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