Overview
- The three parties have set up a multi‑tiered process with a Dachgruppe of senior negotiators overseeing 14 Facharbeitsgruppen of specialists who will produce policy texts.
- About 300 experts and politicians are expected to work in the 14 groups, which are organized to mirror Berlin’s Senate departments and to deliver concrete proposals for the coalition contract.
- Party leaders say the negotiating leadership has already met and they aim to present a finished coalition contract in early January, followed by internal member consultations.
- Linke and SPD plan binding membership votes while the Greens will run a digital opinion poll and decide the outcome at a party congress, giving party bases the final say.
- If members approve the deal, Linke candidate Elif Eralp could become Berlin’s Regierende Bürgermeisterin, a result that would mark a major shift in the city’s political leadership and shape policy on housing, education and public services.