Coalition negotiations: A Jamaica government needs to think European

The exploratory talks show that the parties lack a common goal. A Jamaica government will only succeed if it commits itself to Europe.

Coalition negotiations: A Jamaica government needs to think European
The exploratory talks show that parties lack a common goal. A Jamaica government will only succeed if it commits itself to Europe. November 17, 2017, 18:10 Uhr90 comments Content
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    "I have no red lines, I only horizons," said French president Emmanuel Macron two days after Bundestag elections. The Jamaica parties seem to be opposite: y know only red lines and no horizons. Instead of arguing about red lines, it would be imperative to identify common goals. Orwise, a Jamaica government will be a Scheiternverurteilt from outset.

    The Jamaica Verhandlungenunterliegen two dilemmas. On one hand, re has probably never been such fierce controversy during exploratory talks as after September elections. Everyone is aware that re is only SchlechtereAlternativen to a Jamaica coalition. They refore hope to be able to implement as many of ir positions as possible when y use red lines. It seems to be true: more fierce dispute, Wahrscheinlicherdie formation of government.

    For a failure of negotiations would most likely lead to reelections in which not only all four parties would continue to lose votes, but also some top politicians would lose power or even forfeit ir position. So fierce quarrel makes a Jamaica Koalitionwahrscheinlicher and inevitable. At same time, this Streitjedoch damages credibility and thus assertiveness of NeuenRegierung.

    The second dilemma is that each of four parties tries to assert as many of ir own positions by setting red lines. FDP and Greens rightly fear that, as junior partners, y will be big losers in forthcoming Bundestag elections, just like last three junior partners of CDU under KanzlerinMerkel. As understandable as red lines may be from a party perspective, goal of se demarcation lines is all more counter-productive. Because a federal government can only succeed if it klareZiele and reaches it.

    Germany depends on Europe

    The many red lines make esaber impossible to achieve such goals. In almost all wichtigenThemenbereichen, federal government cannot decide alone, but has partners – both nationally and internationally – dependent. Europe, digitisation, energy, trade, immigration, data protection, and environment are all issues that federal government is critically dependent on its European partners. The drawing of many red lines will only lead to fact that eir se must be exceeded or that NeueBundesregierung will be unable to act because it has been determined by coalition negotiations. In both cases, will fail, and voters will punish DieJamaika parties in event of renewed elections.

    The almost complete lack of konkretenVorschlägen on Europe's reforms in exploratory talks shows how little parties have, or at least agree, on objectives and Horizontenachgedacht. In this respect, success of almost all of aforementioned important issues is decisively dependent on ability of installing federal government to approach, above all, France, but also Andereneuropäischen partners and to find common solutions with m.

    Date Of Update: 18 November 2017, 12:02
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