Before the next exploratory round, the Greens co-leader Robert Habeck emphasized the importance of the negotiations with the FDP.
“Failure is actually not an option,” he said on Sunday evening on the ZDF program “Berlin direkt”.
If a coalition of the SPD and the Union were to emerge again, Germany would “go nuts”.
"We have to pull ourselves together a bit," said Habeck.
Of course, the finances are a "huge problem".
This is almost about ideological problems.
But you also have to make it clear that there are probably projects that can only really flourish in a coalition with the FDP and the Greens, said Habeck.
If the negotiations get stuck, it is worth taking a look "at what is lost if it does not succeed and I think that then holds us together quite well," said Habeck.
Now the "time of the imagination" begins.
Scheduled ten hours for consultations
The negotiators of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP are continuing their talks on the possible formation of a joint government this Monday in so-called "deepened explorations".
The exploratory teams have planned ten hours for the consultations in Berlin (9 a.m. to 7 p.m.).
You have agreed to confidentiality for the interview; a press briefing is not planned afterwards.
Another four-hour exploratory discussion is planned for Tuesday morning.
After that there will be a break because the SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has to travel to Washington to attend a meeting of finance ministers.
After his return, the top talks should continue on Friday.
The three parties then want to take stock and decide whether further meetings are necessary.
The Greens and FDP have explicitly kept the possibility of a Jamaica coalition with the Union open, even if they are now exploring priority with the SPD.