Source: euronews [EU]
“Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have approved a deal to join a new coalition government with the CDU/CSU conservatives, paving the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to be confirmed as the country’s new chancellor next week. The centre-left party of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will join a coalition led by Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), which won Germany’s election in February with 28.5% of the vote. The SPD suffered their worst result since World War II, finishing third with just 16.4% of the vote. But the conservatives needed their support to assemble a parliamentary majority without the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came second.” (04/30/25)