The winner of the German elections Seals is displayed to form a new government aimed at stimulating economic growth and accelerating defense spending.
The German conservatives under Friedrich Merz won a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats in Center-Gauche (SPD), aimed at reviving the growth of the greatest economy in Europe, just like a World Trade War threatens the recession.
Wednesday agreement caps weeks of haggling between the Chancellor pending Merz and the SPD after him Garnished elections In February, but fell below a majority, with the extreme right Alternative for Germany Passing in second place.
Pressure to conclude an agreement had concluded a new emergency, the government, the government will take care of the world turbulence in a growing trade conflict launched by the import prices of US President Donald Trump.
During a press conference with its coalition partners, Merz – who directs the Democratic Christian Union (CDU) – led a message to the White House in English.
“The key message to Donald Trump is that Germany is back on the right track,” he said, promising to strengthen defense spending and strengthen the competitiveness of the economy.
The 69 -year -old said that the coalition pact had provided a “strong and clear signal” both to his own citizens and other European countries, adding: “Germany obtains a government capable of action and strong”.
The agreement highlighted the importance of Germany’s relations with the United States, its largest trading partner, and aims at a medium-term free trade agreement.
But Merz also pointed out that the European Union needed a common response to the climbing of the war of the world tariffs which put the United States and China, in particular, in Loggerheads.
“At the same time, economic uncertainty is increasing enormously. This week, in particular, the decisions of the United States government have sparked new troubles,” said Merz.
Describing a certain number of policies, the coalition has agreed to reduce taxes for average and lower income, in order to reduce corporate tax, reduce energy prices, support the electric cars industry and remove a disputed supply chain law.
It also provides for a commission on the reform of the reform of the reform of Germany constitutionally registered with the limits of expenditure known under the name of “debt braking”, long considered by criticism as economic growth.
With AFD breathing in its neck, the coalition reported a more difficult position on migration, providing for diverting asylum seekers from the German borders and crushing accelerated naturalization, among other measures.
The Coalition also announced a voluntary military service and the creation of a national security council, as well as moves to accelerate defense purchases and the support of Ukraine’s offer to join the NATO alliance.
Merz, who had previously described Trump’s United States as an unreliable ally, has already undertaken to develop defense spending while Europe is faced with hostile Russia and supporting companies with high costs and low demand.
The CDU should take charge of the economy and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Chancellery, while the SPD would manage finance and defense, according to a document seen by the reuters news agency.
This puts the head of the SPD Lars Klingbeil in the context to become Minister of Finance and probably leaves the People’s Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius in place.
Before Merz could take the bar, the coalition agreement must be approved in a ballot of the members of the Social Democrats and by an convention on April 28 of the Christian Democratic Syndic Party of Merz.
Once these obstacles are cleared, the lower room of Parliament – in which the Allies have 328 of the 630 seats – can elect it as Chancellor.
The coalition is the only bipartite majority that excludes AFD, whose support has increased on a nativist and anti-migration program.
In a blow in Merz, an Ipsos survey released on Wednesday showed that AFD was at the top of the surveys for the first time with 25%, exceeding the Merz conservatives who slipped to 24%.