Overview
- Volt’s exit on Thursday from talks with the Greens/Rosa Liste and SPD followed a dispute over the right to propose leaders for at least two city departments, powerful posts in Munich that the council elects and coalition partners divide up.
- Incoming mayor Dominik Krause set terms on Friday that stress a hard look at the city’s finances and a push for many new affordable homes, and he will now open talks with the CSU, FDP/Freie Wähler and possibly the Left, with the SPD still his preferred partner.
- The city council meets on May 11, so Munich’s governing bloc remains unsettled as Krause races to line up a majority to fill deputy mayor roles and key department posts.
- In Baden‑Württemberg, Greens and CDU began formal coalition negotiations on Wednesday with 14 working groups and about 150 negotiators, targeting a May 11 contract and a May 13 vote to make Cem Özdemir state premier.
- The parties pre‑sketched a split of five ministries plus the top job for the Greens and six for the CDU, yet equal seat totals and a projected budget gap of about €5 billion next year raise the cost of concessions and feed warnings from some CDU figures not to accept a deal at any price.