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Linkspartei: Geben Ypsilanti keinen Blankoscheck
Andrea Ypsilanti will den Regierungswechsel in Hessen. Foto: dpa |
In ihrer eigenen Partei regt sich Widerstand. Und nun bläßt Andrea Ypsilanti zusätzlicher Gegenwind aus der Linkspartei entgegen. Die hessische SPD steuert mit ihrem Kurs auf eine rot-grüne Minderheitsregierung in schwierige Gewässer.
HB FRANKFURT. Aus der Linkspartei kam am Mittwoch die Warnung, dass sie einem Bündnis von SPD und Grünen nur von Fall zu Fall zu einer Mehrheit im Landtag verhelfen werde. Die Grünen stellten daraufhin prompt das Zustandekommen einer rot-grünen Regierung in Frage.
Dabei steht die hessische SPD noch am Anfang ihrer Bemühungen um die Ablösung von Ministerpräsident Roland Koch (CDU). Der Landesvorstand wollte am Abend einen Zeitplan aufstellen, der frühestens im November in die Wahl von SPD-Landeschefin Andrea Ypsilanti zur Regierungschefin münden könnte.
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