Conservatives and German social democrats have reached an agreement on Tuesday to form a government coalition in Germany, six weeks after the last general elections.
As reported by television NTV and the digital edition of the magazine Focusthat sources close to the negotiating parties, the winning block of these elections, formed by the Cristianodemocrata Union (CDU) and the Social Cristian Union (CSU)and the Germany Social Democratic Party (SPD) They have agreed a text to guide the action of the next German government.
The details of the agreement, reached by the president of the CDU, Friedrich Merzthe Prime Minister of Bavaria and leader of the CSU, Markus Söderand the co -president of the SPD, The saskia boxwill be presented on Wednesday at a press conference, according to the sources in Focus.
On the negotiating parties weighed the urgency unleashed by the situation in the international markets after the US president, Donald Trump, announced in what he called “the day of liberation” the imposition of international tariffs, which for the European Union (EU) are 20 %.
Merz and his conservative block came in which he was considered The key week for negotiations with the SPD under democopic pressure, as the CDU/CSU appeared in recent polls matched in terms of intention to vote to the alternative ultra -right for Germany (AFD). A recent survey of the INSA Institute came to place CDU/CSU and AFD with both.
The conservative block won the last German general elections, with 28.5 %of the votes, ahead of AFD (20.8 %), SPD (16.4 %), the green (11.6 %) and the left (8.8 %)
