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In German politics, a red-purple coalition ( German : Rot-lila Koalition) also called a magenta coalition ( German : Magenta-Koalition) is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, party colour red) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW, party colour purple). Since December 2024, such a governing coalition has been governing at the state level for the first time with the fourth Woidke cabinet in the state of Brandenburg.

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State government in Brandenburg (since 2024)

Before the 2024 Brandenburg state election, there had been speculation about a possible blackberry coalition (red-purple with CDU) in addition to a possible majority for a continuation of the previous black-red-green coalition. The withdrawal of the Greens, the Left and BVB/Free Voters from the Landtag of Brandenburg also resulted in this red-purple-black majority, but the CDU rejected talks for such an alliance, as the SPD and BSW alone already have a majority and the inclusion of the CDU would have led to the formation of an oversized coalition  [ de ]. [1] [2] After a meeting between the Prime Minister and SPD top candidate Dietmar Woidke and BSW party leader Sahra Wagenknecht, the SPD held exploratory talks with the BSW on the formation of such a red-purple coalition. [2] [3] [4] At the end of October 2024, the two parties announced their intention to enter into coalition negotiations, [5] which were concluded in mid-December. [6]

An obstacle to cooperation was that the BSW wanted to negotiate arms deliveries to Ukraine and the stationing of US medium-range missiles in Germany in state politics in order to achieve a commitment against this by an SPD-BSW state government. [2] [3] Due to differences with the BSW, Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach  [ de ] (SPD) had announced during the coalition negotiations that he did not want to be part of the future state government again and announced his resignation. [7]

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On 11 December 2024, Dietmar Woidke was finally re-elected Minister-President of Brandenburg and the Woidke IV Cabinet, the first nationwide red-purple coalition, was formed. [8]

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