Coalition negotiations: Merz relies on an agreement until Easter!
Coalition negotiations: Merz relies on an agreement until Easter!
Berlin, Deutschland - On March 11, 2025, the Union (CDU, CSU) and the SPD completed the preparations for the coalition negotiations, which will begin on March 13. Under the direction of CDU boss Friedrich Merz, the parties want to establish a billion-dollar debt package as the central result of the explorations. However, Merz is confronted with challenges, since there is a lack of support from the Greens, whose approval for the special infrastructure assets is still unclear. "The negotiations are difficult, all of us are clear to us," said Merz, who agreed on his parliamentary group on challenging days.
The coalition negotiations should initially take ten days and include topics such as citizens' money, mother's pension and migration. Structural policy reforms and the consolidation of the household are also on the agenda. The CDU calls for extensive structural reforms and a reduction in bureaucracy in the context of an intended infrastructure package of 500 billion euros. Merz and other Union politicians emphasized the importance of the infrastructure package, but fear that the debt -financed plans could encounter resistance within the Union.
the working groups and their tasks
A total of 16 working groups were set up for the negotiations, each consisting of 16 people. The composition provides for the following: Seven representatives of the SPD, six of the CDU and three of the CSU. The groups should deal intensively with the various subject areas, with the first consultations taking place in the Bundestag on Thursday. The most important CDU/CSU top politicians who have been nominated for the negotiations are:| area | name |
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| finance | Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) |
| household | Mathias Middelberg (CDU) |
| economy | Jens Spahn (CDU) |
| energy | Andreas Jung (CDU) |
| infrastructure | Ina Scharrenbach (CDU) |
| agriculture & environment | Steffen Bilger (CDU) |
| International Europe | Patricia Lips (CDU) |
| Foreign policy and defense | Johann WadePhul (CDU) |
| social work and social issues | Carsten Linnemann (CDU) |
| education | Karin Prien (CDU) |
| family | Silvia Breher (CDU) |
| health and care | Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) |
| digital | Manuel Hagel (CDU) |
| inner | Günter Krings (CDU) |
| municipalities | Christina Stumpp (CDU) |
| culture and media | Christiane Schenderlein (CDU) |
| state modernization | Philipp Amthor (CDU) |
| research | Dorothee Bär (CSU) |
| judiciary | Andrea Lindholz (CSU) |
goals and challenges of the negotiations
The Union has unanimously spoke out for the coalition negotiations with the SPD, which indicates a broad consensus within the committees. However, there is also criticism within the Union of debt -financed infrastructure plans. Carsten Linnemann, General Secretary of the CDU, emphasizes the need for a concentrated work and makes it clear that it is a "work coalition" that has to face the challenges of strict household consolidation and offensive structural reforms.
The results of the negotiations should be available after ten days, whereby the coalition contracts formed should also carefully look at the details in order to avoid potential disputes. The first steps are initiated on Thursday, which is a significant moment in the political landscape of Germany.
Further information about the supervisors and the central challenges can be found on Daily Spiegel , Details on the negotiations in a news blog of Berliner Zeitung Overview of the political situation to ZEIT ONLINE .
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