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After Complex Negotiations, Parties Agree to 'Traffic Light' Coalition

June 5723

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An 'ampel kabinett' is composed by a red, yellow and green party, just like a real traffic light.

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Dunburg - Several months after the 5722 election, President Werner has finally entrusted Renate Reinhardt with a third term as Chancellor, allowing her to maintain the role but with a different parliamentary majority compared to the past eight years. Following the defeat of the center-left bloc (DSDP, GPP and DRF) in October, parties had to negotiate a new coalition with a viable path in the Bundestag, and after very difficult negotiations which saw different phases, in which the guide of the President was very important, the party leaders of DSDP, Greens and the Team Liberal-Democrats agreed to form a so-called  'traffic-light' government.

The name is inspired by the colors of the three parties: the Social-Democrats are red in color, the Liberals have yellow and the Greens couldn't be any other color than green. These three colors combined recall the image of a traffic light, which will give its name to this coalition. As we said, the negotiations were complex: the Liberals wanted major reassurances by its probable partners mainly on economic policy, asking for a more 'flexible' approach where "government isn't always the priority, letting the market sort itself out", in the words of TLD's Gunther Krancke. On their part, DSDP and the Greens have imposed some "red lines" such as welfare policy and energy policy, both dear to each party. And after months, the three parties agreed on a common agenda of Social Liberalism, Market Environmentalism and protection of workers' rights amid some liberal job marker reforms.

Now, the Bundestag will have to vote Renate Reinhardt in as Chancellor for the third time, and based on some rough math she should count on a comfortable majority of 329 seats out of 630, much higher than the outgoing majority of 317. Karlottenberg Schloss said that President Werner is expected to appoint the cabinet's minister upon meeting with Chancellor Reinhardt once she's officially re-elected.