CSU and Free Voters close to signing coalition agreement

In both rounds it is likely to go apart from contents and ministry allocation also again around the fundamental form of co-operation in the government. As much as CSU and Free Voters in the very noiseless negotiations around a constructive togetherness tried, from the outset the bad personal relationship of Söder and Free Voter leader Hubert Aiwanger burdened the cooperation.

The tense togetherness culminated in the fact that there was no joint appearance of the party leaders during the entire negotiations, no photo and also no other camera image. The rounds were led by the heads of the state parliamentary groups, Klaus Holetschek (CSU) and Florian Streibl (Free Voters). Söder and Aiwanger took part in the substantive negotiations only a few times, always when fundamental compromises had to be found. Contentwise so far only a preamble was announced, which is to contain a commitment to democracy and a clear demarcation against the AfD.

Last Söder, Aiwanger, Holetschek and Streibl had negotiated on Wednesday then the distribution of the ministries. Also of this conversation of several hours penetrated but initially nothing to the outside. In general, the allocation of ministries was always considered the most difficult part of the negotiation, since the Free Voters demanded another, fourth ministry from the CSU after their record election results on October 8. Aiwangers desire to take over the agricultural department, Söder had already categorically rejected before the election.