Strict rules book for German coalition conversations: without selfies, without tardes, without leaks – political

A confidential document that describes coalition conversations between the Conservative Christian Democratic Union and its Bávara Brother Party (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats of the Central-Loving (SPD), reveals how different this process of chaotic negotiations prone to leaks of 2021 will be different.

In Germany, coalition conversations are long and messy matters. After the 2021 elections, the SPD, the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP) formed an alliance known as the Ampel (Traffic light) Coalition: called by the colors of your party. To point out a new cooperation, their leaders took a famous selfie, An image that quickly went viral as a unity symbol.

But the unit did not last. That three -part government was soon bogged down by public internal struggles, political disagreements and high -profile clashes between the fiscally conservative FDP and the most progressive SPD and the green.

Determined to avoid repetition, the new CDU/CSU-SPD coalition has imposed strict media controls. Without press statements, without leaks and absolutely any snapshot on social networks. The message: this time, the negotiations will be commercial, Non -performative.

The document, which serves as a “play book” for the 256 negotiators, also dictates strict rules about the process. All the results of the working group will be channeled through a central steering committee before reaching the party leaders.

The rules even extend to regulate what negotiators will eat. If the meetings are held outside the headquarters of the party, the restoration must be ordered through a designated provider and the invoices must only be directed to the Federal Office of the CDU, which will then redistribute the costs.

Financial proposals must be documented and disputes must be resolved at the lowest possible level, minimizing high drama fights that affected the last government.

Even logistics is closely regulated. Working groups must present their first drafts of the agenda before March 16 and all negotiations must conclude before March 24 at 5 in the afternoon, without extensions, without last minute.