Blackberry coalition

[2][3][4] At the latest since the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia on 1 September 2024, it has been established as a term for a possible government coalition of the CDU, BSW and SPD.

[5] Already in the run-up to the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony in 2024, a possible alliance between the CDU, SPD and BSW was discussed on the basis of the surveys.

[8][9] Another obstacle to black-purple-red cooperation is that the BSW wants to be involved in negotiations on arms deliveries to Ukraine and the stationing of American medium-range missiles in Germany in order to achieve a commitment against it from a CDU-BSW-SPD state government.

[10][4] In addition, CDU top candidate Mario Voigt held talks with BSW chairwoman Sahra Wagenknecht in Berlin.

[19] Exploratory talks began at the end of October 2024,[20] which were temporarily suspended a few days later by the SPD because the BSW in the state parliament had voted together with the AfD for a Corona investigation committee.

[21] At the beginning of November 2024, the BSW declared the exploratory talks a failure because they could not agree “on the peace formula, migration policy and the issue of finances”.