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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). Red–red coalitions form state-level governments in Brandenburg, and historically have governed Berlin (2001–2011), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1998–2006) and (as a SPD minority government tolerated by the PDS) Saxony-Anhalt (1994–2002).

See also

• German governing coalitions
• Red–green alliance

References

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.

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