CSU-CDU and SPD sign formally sign coalition agreement
發佈日期: 2025-05-06 13:31
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Representatives for Germany's centre-right Union bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats have formally signed a coalition agreement in Berlin.
The new coalition is led by Friedrich Merz's centre-right Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union. They are joined by the centre-left Social Democrats, the party of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. All three parties previously approved the coalition deal.
The coalition has a relatively modest majority, with 328 of the Bundestag's 630 seats. It aims to spur economic growth, ramp up defence spending and take a tougher stance on migration.
The Union and Social Democrats have governed Germany together before. They first did so in the 1960s, and then in three of the four terms of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led the country from 2005 to 2021.
