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Red–red coalition

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In politics, a red–red coalition is a coalition government composed of social-democratic parties allying themselves with more radical democratic socialist or socialist parties, a coalition that spans the centre-left to the left or far left.

A specific example of a red-red coalition comes from the politics of Germany, formed from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and The Left party or its predecessor, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).[1] Red–red coalitions form state-level governments in Brandenburg, and historically have governed Berlin (2001–2011),[2] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1998–2006)[3] and (as a SPD minority government tolerated by the PDS) Saxony-Anhalt (1994–2002).

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  1. ^ Olsen, Jonathan; Hough, Dan (2007). "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: SPD-Left Party/PDS Coalitions in the Eastern German Länder". German Politics & Society. 25 (3 (84)): 1–24. ISSN 1045-0300.
  2. ^ "The PDS in the Berlin Red-Red Coalition: Experience and Strategic Implications - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung". www.rosalux.de. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ Olsen, Jonathan (2000). "Seeing Red: The SPD-PDS Coalition Government in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania". German Studies Review. 23 (3): 557–580. doi:10.2307/1432833. ISSN 0149-7952.