Red-green Coalition Could Possibly Continue in Germany

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Red-green Coalition Could Possibly Continue in Germany

The current governing coalition made up of the Social Democrats and the Greens could remain in power for another four years, according to latest results of German election.

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The current governing coalition made up of the Social Democrats and the Greens could remain in power for another four years, according to latest results of German election.

The poll institution Forsa gave the Christian Union bloc CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) the same support with 38 percent of the votes.

But with the Greens standing some 2 percentage points ahead of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Union bloc's potential partner, as the latest results showed, the red-green coalition between the SPD and the Greens could further exist.

The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) slid under the 5 percent hurdle and got only two direct seats. Thus it lost the chance to re-enter the parliament as a party.

According to the latest Forsa statistics, both the CDU/CSU and SPD received 38,3 percent of votes. The Greens gained 8.8 percent compared with the FDP which got only 7,2 percent. The PDS stood at 4.1 percent.

Latest results released by other poll institutes also suggested a slim majority for the red-green coalition.

Besides, the Group of Electoral Research said the red-green could a clear majority for the incumbent governing coalition.

Schroeder said he intended to continue the governing coalition with the Green Party. "We have a good perspective to go on with our policy and we want to continue it," he said. "Majority is majority. And if we have it, we will use it."

In the general election four years ago, the SPD gained 40.9 percent of votes while the Greens 6.7 percent. The Union bloc got 35.1 Prozent and the FDP 6.2 percent. The smallest party in the parliament, the PDS, got 5.1 percent in 1998.

Statistics showed about 82.2 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot in 1998.

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