If the SPD would only finally accept Merkel as chancellor we could have a coalition agreement by late October. We've got to respect the will of the voters.
If the SPD would only finally accept Merkel as chancellor we could have a coalition agreement by late October. We've got to respect the will of the voters.
The conservatives will occupy the chancellery. The conservatives and SPD will be represented equally in the Cabinet with ministers. That means it is not possible that the one outvotes the other.
The course of the SPD and its reliability is not so clear anymore.
There is no reason whatsoever for a party like the SPD to relinquish any of its claims as long as it's not clear if the two parties want to negotiate with each other,
Voters would like to keep Schroeder but they consider the SPD incapable of governing the country.
The course and the predictability of the SPD is no longer clear,
It's clear what stands between us. That is the demand of the SPD on the chancellorship.
The SPD has to eliminate the doubts about our unity. We can only convince the public of the force of our ideas if we cooperate and stay together.
On Sept. 14, Merkel ruled out the prospect of a joint government with the SPD, declaring, I am very confident that we will get a majority. ... The trend is upward. There is a lot of movement in the polls.
There is more to be said for an alliance with the liberals and the Greens than a coalition with the SPD. If we can find some form of common ground let's try it with the Greens. We have all got to come out of the trenches and make compromises.
Before we can move forward to coalition talks, it must be clear that the CDUCSU has the right to the chancellery. The SPD is not yet ready for that.
I want to make clear that the SPD has to begin to understand that they did not win the election, they lost the vote.
Believe me, no one in the SPD will allow Merkel to win the elections. There's no chance that we will make this woman, with such radical economic views, chancellor.
The SPD mark on German foreign policy will be weaker.
Yesterday, I was in agreement with all those in the SPD that are preparing the coalition talks that there will be a grand coalition.
We focused on issues, but made it clear that we in the SPD want to govern this nation with Gerhard Schroeder as chancellor.
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