 When the new parliament constituted itself, Social Democrat Reinhard Höppner was elected vice-president of the People's Chamber.After internal debates the party members agreed to coalition talks with the winner of the election, the centre-right "Alliance for Germany", consisting of the CDU, the DSU and Democratic Awakening, as well as with the "Alliance of Free Democrats", an alliance of liberal parties.On 12 April, Lothar de Maizière of the CDU formed a grand coalition cabinet including six Social Democrats, among them Markus Meckel (foreign affairs), Regine Hildebrandt (social issues) and Walter Romberg (finance).