Five days after the repeat elections to the Berlin House of Representatives, the first exploratory talks on forming a government began on Friday. Representatives of the election winner, the CDU, met a delegation from the SPD in the morning. The CDU invited the Greens for the afternoon. In the talks, those involved want to find out whether they see a sufficient basis for starting coalition negotiations.

CDU top candidate Kai Wegner wants to try to forge a two-party coalition with the SPD or the Greens. Whether this will succeed is an open question. Because the previous alliance of SPD, Greens and Left would also have a majority in the new House of Representatives. The three partners therefore also want to conduct exploratory talks among themselves. If the red-green-red continues, Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD), who has been in power since December 2021, could remain in office.