Black-green coalition: And Söder stands off the back seat

A coalition with the Greens? CDU leader Friedrich Merz does not want to let this option slip away. Markus Söder wants to block it for him. The conflict did not need much to flare up again.

Unlike Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, CSU leader Markus Söder does not believe in a black-green alliance after the election. But experts doubt that Söder's statements are strategically smart.

A government made up of the CDU/CSU and the Greens? Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz wants to at least consider this option after the election. Unthinkable for CSU leader Söder.

Markus Söder has no desire for a coalition with the Greens. He and his party have made that abundantly clear for months. CDU leader Merz, on the other hand, is open to working with Robert Habeck. The Bavarian head of government immediately puts a stop to this.

According to the new Sunday trend from the opinion research institute Insa, a government made up of the CDU/CSU and the Greens is mathematically possible for "Bild am Sonntag" because the FDP has fallen below the five percent hurdle. The Union is currently at 32 percent, as in the previous week, and the Greens, led by their candidate for chancellor Robert Habeck, are at twelve percent (-1 compared to the previous week). In total, that is 44 perc…

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