If the alliance came about, Giffey would lose her position as head of government to election winner Wegner. She herself could become part of a new government as a senator. After the February 12 election, the CDU probed with both the second-placed SPD and the Greens, who were only a hair's breadth behind the Social Democrats. At the same time, the SPD and the Greens also spoke with their previous coalition partner, the left, about continuing the previous alliance.