Danes traffic light

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The catchphrase Dänen-Ampel (partly also Schleswig-Holstein-Ampel , red-green-blue coalition , coastal coalition or rarely Gambia coalition called) describes a government coalition between the SPD , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the Danish and national Frisian party Minority in Schleswig-Holstein, the South Schleswig voter association (SSW). The designation is controversial because, according to critics, it appeals to old resentments towards the Danish minority.

Its name was derived from the traffic light coalition of the SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the FDP , with the SSW taking the place of the FDP. Because yellow and blue correspond to the colors of Schleswig , these are also the party colors of the SSW (in the party's logo ). In southern Schleswig the SSW represents both the Danish and the part of the North Frisian ethnic group that sees itself as a national minority ( Nationale Frisians ).

Schleswig-Holstein

This model was discussed for the first time after the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 2005 , in which the previously ruling red-green coalition under SPD Prime Minister Heide Simonis lost its majority in the state parliament. However, a black-yellow coalition under the CDU leadership was also impossible. The SSW thus tipped the scales and began exploratory talks with both the CDU and the SPD. Anke Spoorendonk and Lars Harms finally decided to tolerate a red-green minority government . In the election of the Prime Minister , however, a member of one of the three parties abstained, and Heide Simonis was no longer Prime Minister. The SPD then took up coalition negotiations with the CDU, whose candidate Peter Harry Carstensen subsequently became Prime Minister.

Before the state elections in 2009 , a red-green-blue coalition was discussed again. According to the polls, however, such an alliance seemed to be able to have a majority only with the involvement of the left . However, the SSW ruled out an alliance with the left. After the state elections, a Danish traffic light that would be tolerated by the left did not get a majority.

In the state election campaign in 2012 , the Danish traffic light became a central slogan of the CDU as an alliance to be prevented . As in 2009, this campaign was criticized for promoting resentment against the Danish minority . After the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein in 2012 , the SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the SSW finally formed a Danish traffic light at state level for the first time in the history of Schleswig-Holstein . The red-green-blue coalition only had a majority in the Kiel state parliament. On June 12th, Torsten Albig was elected Prime Minister of the SPD with two votes more than the coalition had available. This was the first time the party of the Danish minority took part in a state government and was the first to hold a ministerial office. Anke Spoorendonk from SSW took over the Ministry of Justice, Europe and Culture in the Albig cabinet . At the same time, Spoorendonk was second deputy to Prime Minister Torsten Albig.

Municipal level

At the municipal level there was a constellation comparable to the Danish traffic light in 2013–2017 with the red-green-blue town hall cooperation in the Kiel council assembly.

References and comments

  1. ↑ ++ Election in Schleswig-Holstein in LIVE! -Ticker ++: CDU just ahead, SPD wants to govern. May 6, 2012, archived from the original on May 7, 2012 ; Retrieved May 6, 2012 .
  2. ↑ head to head. Hamburger Abendblatt, accessed on May 10, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Stephan Richter: New government alliance. COMMENT: New diversity instead of simplicity . In: shz.de, May 16, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Clear the way for the Danish traffic lights . In: Der Spiegel March 15, 2005 (accessed May 7, 2012)
  6. ↑ Deutschlandfunk interview. February 24, 2005, accessed June 14, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Anke Spoorendonk: No alliance conceivable with the left. SSW press release, September 24, 2009, archived from the original on June 27, 2019 ; Retrieved June 14, 2010 .
  8. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein: Legal dispute over black and yellow majority threatens. September 28, 2009, accessed June 14, 2010 .
  9. ^ Election poster text: Stable government instead of Danish traffic lights. Elect the CDU on May 6th .
  10. ↑ You do not rule with Danes! Der Spiegel, May 6, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2012 .