Politics

Germany’s CDU reaches preliminary coalition deal with SPD, party leaders say

 08.03.2025, 15:31
Left-to-right: chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and faction Friedrich Merz, Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairman Lars Klingbeil, State Premier of Bavaria Markus Soeder, and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairwoman Saskia Esken. Photo: PAP/EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
Left-to-right: chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and faction Friedrich Merz, Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairman Lars Klingbeil, State Premier of Bavaria Markus Soeder, and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chairwoman Saskia Esken. Photo: PAP/EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

Jointly, the parties control 328 seats in the 630 Bundestag.