CDU votes on coalition negotiations: What does Rhineland-Palatinate expect?

CDU votes on coalition negotiations: What does Rhineland-Palatinate expect?

On March 10, 2025, a decisive day for the political landscape of the country will be a decisive day in Rhineland-Palatinate. The CDU leadership coordinates the admission of coalition negotiations with the parties CSU and SPD. This decision is followed by intensive exploratory talks that took place in the past few days.

Both CSU and the SPD had already signaled their consent before the CDU meeting. The session depends on the recently carried out elections, in which the SPD received 35.7 % of the votes, followed by the CDU with 27.7 %, the Greens with 9.3 %, and the AfD, which reached 8.3 %. The FDP also drew attention to 5.5 %; The free voters moved into parliament with 5.4 %. In this context, the SPD, the Greens and the FDP are striving to continue their traffic light coalition, which has been ruled since 2016.

coalition talks in the focus

Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) emphasizes the need to concentrate on connecting topics, even if the negotiations due to corona pandemic are considered challenging. The Greens have increased their election result compared to 2016 and are calling for a "much greener" traffic light coalition. The main points of the negotiations are the preservation of the industrial location as well as educational and social justice, whereby the FDP state chief Volker Wissing considers digitization particularly important.

The official negotiations that are supposed to take four to five weeks are partly cited by the MPs Roger Lewentz and Anne Spiegel. The new state parliament will be constituted on May 18th.

statistics on crime in Rhineland-Palatinate

Another topic of the day is the presentation of police crime statistics for 2024 by Interior Minister Michael Ebling. These statistics show significant changes in crime. In 2023, the crimes recorded rose by 5.5 % to 5,940,667 cases, the highest number since 2016.

The educational rate was 58.4 %in 2023, which is a slight increase. The central factors for the increase in crimes include increased mobility after the covid 19 restrictions are eliminated as well as economic and social challenges. A remarkable proportion of suspects are also non -German citizens, which further fueled the discussion about migration and integration. Last year there was an increase of 13.5 % in non -German suspects.

Current situation in Rhineland-Palatinate: From education to Wetter

In addition, warning strikes were announced in the public service, whereby Frankfurt Airport is particularly affected. The weather is also cloudy in Rhineland-Palatinate with possible rains and maximum temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees. The almond blossom festival in Gimmeldingen is in the starting blocks, even if the exact date has not yet been determined.

Overall, today's day shows a significant tension in the political and social development of Rhineland-Palatinate, the effects of which will certainly be noticeable in the coming weeks and months.

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