Coalition negotiations to form the next government of Germany concluded on Wednesday, paving the way for another establishment government in Berlin as Chancellor Friedrich Merz capitulated to the election-losing leftist party on key issues including immigration, energy, and the economy.
After over six weeks of negotiations following the February federal elections, Germany will finally have a new government, Die Welt reported.
Appearing in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, his Union partner and head of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), Markus Söder, joined Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken to unveil a 140 page agreement for the new government.
The ‘Black-Red’ coalition, named after the respective parties’ colours —black for the nominally centre-right neo-liberal CDU…
