Germany: SPD and FDP hold "constructive" first talks on possible new govt coalition

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The secretaries-general of the SPD and the FDP parties, Lars Klingbeil and Volker Wissing, said the first talks on forming a new federal government were ‘constructive,’ after a meeting in Berlin on Sunday.
“We are aware - this has become clear - that there are major challenges that lie ahead for this country,” said SPD politician Klingbeil, naming the topics of climate protection, digitalisation and modernisation of the state.
Wissing said that although the positions of both parties differed on “essential points,” the Social Democrats and the Free Democratic Party “have a claim to form a reform government.”
A ‘traffic light’ coalition comprising the Green Party, SPD and FDP could form the new German government as no single party achieved a majority in the Bundestag following September 26 general election.

SOT, Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary at Social Democratic Party (German): “I would say that it was a very constructive discussion. We are very focused on the matter. We are aware that significant challenges lie ahead of this country after 16 years of Merkel. There is a great need for change. A lot needs to be advanced on the subject of climate, digitalisation, state modernisation, and how Germany can play a stronger role in global politics and Europe - these were all things that we discussed on a worldwide scale.”

SOT, Volker Wissing, General Secretary at Free Democratic Party (German): “It was also clear that our content-related positions differed on essential points, but we have a claim to form a reform government to serve these talks. It is crucial that we meet expectations, that we will be asked to tackle the necessary modernisation steps. If others have taken it, this can be realized. We have now had the second conversation and we will only carry out the final evaluation of these talks after we have carried out all bilateral conversations.”

SOT, Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary at Social Democratic Party (German): “In the same building, that has to do with preliminary discussions, but we have now sat alone with the FDP for more than two hours. That is what the SPD wishes for, that the three of us sit very quickly, that is known, but today was not the case and, yes, we have now agreed that all the other conversations will take place first and then we decide.”
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