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The main centrist parties of Germany have concluded a coalition agreement, in the midst of increasing pressure to form a government while the largest economy in Europe vacillates on the verge of recession after bringing the prices imposed by the Trump administration caused global troubles.
The agreement should be presented by the leaders of the Party of the Democratic Christian Union (CDU) with its Bavarian junior partner The CSU – which emerged the winners of the Federal Elections of February – and the Social Democratic Party of the Center of Germany (SPD) in Berlin, said the CNU / CSU Parliamentary Press on Wednesday afternoon.
The Chancellor waiting for Friedrich Merz came out victorious during the February vote, but failed to win a majority, with the extreme right alternative for Germany (AFD) which reached second place and almost doubled its supporters base.
Since then, the CDU / CSU has been locked up for weeks in formal coalition discussions with the SPD – the other main centrist party of Germany, which had led a coalition government to three until its collapse in November 2024.
The pressure in Berlin to conclude an agreement had only done with broader uncertainty, in particular the introduction by the Trump administration of radical import prices which reshaped world trade. Merz has promised to rekindle the greatest economy in Europe if it becomes chancellor, after years of unusual stagnation.
He also undertook to stimulate the country’s defense spending, while Europe is faced with the threat of Russia and the United States adopting a more hostile position for European security. Berlin reformed his so-called “debt braking” in order to loosen the borrowing limits and allow new investments in the defense.
Merz has promised to considerably strengthen the immigration policies of Germany following a series of attacks perpetrated by migrants who catapulted the question in the 2025 elections.
This is a story in development and will be updated.
