Germany has a new federal government led by the office of Friedrich Merz. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday after a dramatic day in Parliament, elected by Merza in the second vote, appointed 17 new ministers. TASR informs this based on the DPA report.
Steinmeier handed over the appointment decreets to nine ministers and eight ministers in his official residence at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin. Stated that They take on political responsibility at a time of great challenges, which he believes requires great courage. “It is, I say it very clearly, in the interest of our country, to be successful,” he said.
“Dear Mr. Chancellor, in democracy some days will run a little more fuss than the public expected, so With less delay, I would like to congratulate you from the depth of my heart to your election, ” He said Steinmeier Merz.
Merza’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister Party of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) agreed to create a coalition.. She joined the office exactly six months after the collapse of the SPD, Greens and Liberals from FDP led by the office of Olaf Scholz, who led to early elections in February.
Merz’s cabinet has had an unpleasant startas the confirmation of the agreed office in office was published in the Bundestag (Bundestag) on the second attempt. Although the coalition has a majority of 328 seats, Merz received only 310 votes in the first round, six less than necessary. Such a situation occurred in Parliament for the first time in the post -war history of Germany.
SPD, CDU and CSU leaders signed a 144-page coalition agreement entitled Liability for Germany, which outlines the program of the new government and also regulates the distribution of ministries. CDU and SPD have seven members and CSU three ministers in the government. The Parties agreed on the creation of the coalition on April 9, almost seven weeks after the early parliamentary elections in which the CDU/CSU block won.
SPD Lars Klingbeil co -chairman becomes vice -champion and finance minister. Boris Pistorius, who held the post in the Scholz government, will remain as Minister of Defense. The outgoing office will not be part of the new cabinet, but will remain in Parliament as a Member.
According to DPA, the new government is exposed to a number of challenges, Such as a weakened German economy and dilapidated infrastructure, up to the threat to European security by Russia and the step of the President of the United States Donald Trump.
The coalition promised to revive the declining economy and the renewal of the army At a time when the White House chief challenges the future of transatlantic security and business relations, AFP wrote.
Merz also promised to limit illegal migration and stop the rise of an anti -imgration alternative for Germany (AfD). In the February early parliamentary elections, she finished second.
