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After the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, FDP leader Christian Lindner is dampening expectations of the formation of a traffic light coalition in the federal government.
When it came to government participation, what counted was the content, said Lindner on Monday in Berlin.
In 2017, the FDP would have had the strength and courage to say no to government participation.
The same of course also applies to a traffic light, "under whatever leadership," emphasized the parliamentary group leader.
The speculations by the SPD and the Greens had a "strong instrumental character".
Both parties are close to the left, the SPD and the Greens find “only trace elements of the FDP policy good”.
In terms of the matter, the FDP is closer to the Union than the SPD and the Greens, despite its “lack of ambition”.
But the Greens also warned against drawing conclusions from the state election results for possible coalitions after the federal election in September.
"It is a completely open year," said party leader Robert Habeck on Monday in Berlin.
It is still completely uncertain what state the country will be in in the autumn elections. It is "absurdly too early" to commit to a government constellation in the federal government, said Habeck.
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The Greens want to send their own candidate for chancellor into the race for the first time, but are currently far behind the Union in the polls.
According to the current status, they could most likely win the Chancellery in a three-party coalition.
Baden-Württemberg: All results and graphics at a glance.
Rhineland-Palatinate: Results and graphics of the state elections
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