Berlin, November 4th, 2026 (The Berlin Spectator) – Berlin’s CDU has failed to win over the Greens and the SPD. Party and parliamentary group leader Stefan Evers offered both parties exploratory talks about a possible coalition when they met on Tuesday at the House of Representatives. The meeting lasted about two hours. Afterwards, the two parties made clear that they are not interested.
Green state chairwoman Nina Stahr said there would be no exploratory talks with the CDU at this point, given that coalition negotiations with the Left Party are already under way. “We have also told the CDU”, she said. SPD state and parliamentary group leader Steffen Krach pointed out that the Greens’ and the Left Party’s party conventions and the SPD’s state executive committee had decided to start coalition negotiations. “And that stands”, he said.
Evers called the decision regrettable from the CDU’s perspective. He insisted that his party’s hand remained extended and its door open for what he described as an alliance of responsibility and reason. “We have reaffirmed this once more and also made clear that there is certainly no lack of common ground for such an alliance”, he said.
Extremist Employees
According to Evers, the participants also discussed a number of issues. They included protecting the state parliament from extremist employees, a possible bid for a world’s fair in Berlin and anchoring the fight against antisemitism as a state objective in the city’s constitution. The city’s financial situation was on the agenda too.
Krach and Stahr announced that there would be further talks with the CDU on matters concerning an orderly transfer of government business. “Nothing will be left undone, and Berliners can rely on that”, Krach said. He added that the Senate is able to act and can keep working.
The Greens and the SPD began coalition negotiations with “Die Linke” on Monday. They are scheduled to continue today, and the goal is to form a red-green-red government. Evers had announced publicly last Thursday that he would offer exploratory talks at the meeting, which had been scheduled earlier.
Antisemitism Scandals
A coalition of the CDU, the Greens and the SPD would also have a narrow majority of two votes in the new state parliament. However, it is considered doubtful whether all lawmakers would actually vote for such a so-called Kenya coalition if it came down to it.
Several antisemitism scandals rocked “Die Linke” in the past few months. Jew haters and other terror supporters are among its members. At its election party on September, the bosses of two familiy clans that are confronted with accusations of criminal activity showed up. So did Ibrahim Ibrahim, an activist linked to the Palestinian terror organization PFLP.
