Schwesig demands reform summit with Merz and the Minister Presidents

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Manuela Schwesig (SPD) is increasing pressure on the federal government: The Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is demanding a reform summit with Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and all Minister Presidents. This is reported by Handelsblatt in its news blog on the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

What exactly should be on the agenda of such a summit and in what format it would take place does not emerge from the reporting so far. What is clear: Schwesig wants Merz and all state leaders at one table.

What else is in the news blog?

In the same ticker context, Handelsblatt documents three further signals from SPD state associations:

• Berlin: SPD deputy Kiziltepe is in favor of Red-Green-Red – that is, for an alliance of SPD, Greens, and Left.
• Saxony-Anhalt: The SPD is inviting four parties to talks.
• Berlin (parliamentary group): Krach and Caglar are to lead the parliamentary group of the Berlin SPD.

What does the look at the state associations show?

All four points stand in the common context of the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They make visible that the SPD is simultaneously negotiating, sounding out, and sorting personnel in several state associations – from the capital via Saxony-Anhalt to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.