Sunday (23.FEV), Friedrich Merz (CDU) winner seeks alliance with SPD, party of the current chancellor Olaf Scholz
The CDU (Christian Democratic Union), began on Friday (28.FEV.2025) negotiations with the SPD (Social Democratic Party, Center left) to form a coalition government with most seats in parliament. The information is from .
In the election on Sunday (23.FEV), the party led by Friedrich Merz won 28.6% of the votes and will have 208 chairs at Bundestag. The SPD, from the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was in 3rd place with 16.4% and 120 parliamentarians. To assume the position of Chancellor-Equivalent to Prime Minister-Merz will need to form a coalition, a process that may take months.
Merz expressed his intention to form a government before Easter in April, emphasizing the urgency of establishing a new administration. However, the formation of a coalition with SPD is not yet considered easy. It is expected to be established this Friday (28.FEV) a schedule for formal negotiations. It is not yet clear when they will start.
Lars Klingbeil, CO-leader of the SPD, stressed that the participation of his party in the government is still open, citing “Fundamental disagreements” In areas such as immigration, fiscal policy and public spending.
One of the main points of disagreement is Germany’s fiscal policy. SPD defends the suspension of “Debt Brake Rule” to increase the federal budget. On the other hand, the CDU wishes to maintain the rule, proposing a special defense expenses fund.
If negotiations do not advance, conservatives will go into an impasse. Merz has already stated that he will not form government with AFD (alternative to Germany), a right -wing party that received 20.7% of the votes and will have 152 representatives in Parliament. Alice Weidel, leader of the acronym, was open to negotiations and said that the exclusion of her party would be a “Electoral Fraud”.
“Looking at Bundestag’s seat distribution (German Parliament)we are in a position to form a red-red coalition [referente às cores de CDU e SPD] -And that is exactly what we want to do ”said Friedrich Merz. The union between the 2 parties was the hallmark of the governments of Angela Merkel, from 2005 to 2021. It is known as “great coalition”.
Since the end of World War II, only CDU and SPD have ruled Germany, including the Western German period. If Merz assumes power, he will become the 6th premie of the conservative party. Social democrats had 4 chancers in the period.
