Stock Photo - 17 May 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: Schleswig-Holstein CDU parliamentary party leader Tobias Koch (back row l-r), Karin Prien (CDU), Schleswig-Holstein's Minister for Education, Science and Culture, Daniel Günther (CDU), Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, and seated Bernd Buchholz (front row r-l, FDP), Schleswig-Holstein's Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism and his party's top candidate for the state elections, Heiner Garg (FDP), Schleswig-Holstein's Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Youth, Family and Senior Citizens, face Christopher Vogt, Schleswig-Holstein's FDP parliamentary party leader, and Wolfgang Kubicki, FDP deputy federal chairman. The exploratory talks on the formation of a new state government will take place at the ""Steigenberger Conti Hansa"" hotel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa. - Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein/Germany