As of: 06/21/2022 8:53 p.m
After long consultations, the CDU and the Greens in Schleswig-Holstein have apparently come to a conclusion. Details are to be communicated on Wednesday.
The coalition consultations between the CDU and the Greens in the Schleswig-Holstein State House in Kiel have come to an end. “We are through with the negotiations,” said Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) on Tuesday evening. Finance Minister Monika Heinold (Greens) spoke of a good result: They fought honestly with each other and the result was a coalition agreement that would last for the next few years. “The mood is still good after four weeks of negotiations,” said Aminata Touré (Greens). All open questions have been clarified, both parties announced on Tuesday evening.
Details of the coalition agreement on Wednesday
The negotiating groups sat together for eight hours on Tuesday and looked through the draft of the coalition agreement page by page – they checked in particular whether it could be financed. The atmosphere was good, said Günther in the evening. What they had previously planned in the exploratory paper, to tackle the major issues of the next few years, they had done with courage – despite the difficult financial situation. “That is also the spirit of this coalition agreement,” said Günther.
The politicians have not yet commented on the content. They are to be discussed in a large group on Wednesday and then presented to the public. Then the coalition agreement will be signed for the time being. The party conferences of the CDU and the Greens will then have the last word next Monday. If the parties agree to the contract, it will be finally signed this coming Tuesday. Then in eight days, as has already been requested by the CDU, Daniel Günther could be re-elected Prime Minister in the state parliament.
Eight ministries
Previously it had been said that the CDU should get the areas of economy, justice and education, home affairs and agriculture; the green environment, finance and social affairs. The health department is spun off from the Ministry of Social Affairs and assigned to the Department of Justice. The number of ministries has thus increased from seven to eight.
Heinold and the previous State Secretary Tobias Goldschmidt could in future lead the finance and environment departments. The newly tailored Ministry of Social Affairs is apparently ready for Aminata Touré. Karin Prien and Sabine Sütterlin-Waack could occupy the areas of education and home affairs, plus the foreseeable future of justice and the economy. As the ministry announced, Claus Christian Claussen will no longer stand for the post of Minister of Justice.
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