Overview
- On Tuesday CDU leader Stefan Evers publicly offered exploratory Sondierungsgespräche to the Greens and SPD in Berlin.
- Greens and SPD said they would not enter exploratory talks because they began formal coalition negotiations with The Left and hold internal mandates to pursue those talks.
- Representatives of the three parties still held a roughly two-hour meeting to discuss concrete governance issues and agreed to continue practical coordination on the budget, parliamentary safeguards, and an orderly handover of government tasks.
- A hypothetical CDU–Green–SPD coalition would have a razor-thin majority of two seats in the Abgeordnetenhaus but analysts and party leaders warned it is uncertain whether that arithmetic would translate into reliable support.
- Coalition talks between The Left, Greens and SPD will continue and the CDU has left its offer on the table, a development that could keep pressure on negotiators while officials work to keep the Senate functioning for Berlin residents.