Dundorf

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GIMBEL BUNDESKABINETT III IS CONTINUATION
 
ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER
 
Dunburg, December 4, 5710 (backdated): ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER sources in the Federal Chancellery learned that Neue Dunorfische Zentrumspartei (NDZP) leaders Chancellor Frieda Gimbel, Defense Minister Bruno Steigerwald and Science, Research and Technology Minister Hermann Felder met to discuss NDZP preferences for the next Bundeskabinett.
 
All agreed each election cycle should be approached as a separate problem. And agreed their first choice in the 5706 cycle was to team up with the Liberals and the Social Democrats, but when DSDP chose opposition to rebuild the opportunity to work with the Greens and Pirates was the next choice and it had paid off.
 
While none thought excluding any party in advance was a good idea, Steigerwald suggested Der Rote Front (DRF) getting third place did not entitle DRF to participation in a ruling coalition.
 
On the other hand, Felder suggested DSDP getting same number of seats as NDZP should be handled carefully.  Felder suggested if DSDP suggested a rotational Chancellorship, NDZP should be agreeable and bottom line in that case should not end up with NDZP being only center right or right leaning party.
 
Gimbel thought working with GPP and PPD in NDZP led cabinet had been a success and they should not be thrown out in favor of the Social Democrats with whom compromises had been made for hundreds of years.
 
So the upshot was NDZP would be receptive as always to a grand coalition of all parties or to a rotation of Chancellorship with DSDP but if given the choice suggested by the President, continuing the existing governing coalition would be preferred.
 
Chancellor Gimbel met with DSDP’s former Chancellor Renate Reinhardt and President Hans Meyer at the Presidential Residence. President Meyer again suggested a governing coalition of the Hosian Democrats, the Social Democrats and the Liberals or continuing the NDZP, TLD, PPD and GPP Bundeskabinett but was open to other suggestions from either Gimbel or Reinhardt.
 
Former Chancellor Reinhardt indicated DSDP would be happy to join an NDZP led coalition with TLD or continue in Opposition.  Chancellor Gimbel then opted for trying to continue with the current governing coalition as NDZP leadership had agreed.
 
NDZP then contacted TLD, PPD and GPP leadership all of which agreed to continue with Gimbel Bundeskabinett III replicating Gimbel Bundeskabinett II which was thereupon approved by the Bundestag.


Presidential Residence