German Social Democrats begin voting on coalition deal

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Since Tuesday 15 April, the members of the Social Democratic Party have voted to approve the contract of government signed with the Christian Democrats. While the prosperity and security of the country are destabilized, the text does not involve any significant break. Meanwhile, the far right is ambush.

focus.de

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In spite of the defeat of the election, the SPD takes the biggest battling power: the money. Over 50 percent of federal spending is to be spent by ministers who only fetched 16.4 percent of the votes. The Union represents the chancellor – but the SPD rules with the checkbook.

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Germany’s future coalition government has started with the left and hasn’t even taken office yet. The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) finalized a coalition agreement six days ago. But the new alliance is already plagued by confusion and conflict over whether the policies they have agreed on are firm commitments or budget-dependent, POLITICO reports. Foreign policy issues are als…

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Nearly 360,000 members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) are called to vote on the coalition agreement reached with the Conservatives last week. By 29 April, they will have to decide if it is okay for them to be part of an executive headed by the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, under conditions set out throughout 144 pages.

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Badische Zeitung [Newsroom]Freiburg (ots) - The SPD members are free in their decision whether to send their party to a coalition under a chancellor Friedrich Merz or not. (...) But one wants to call the no-sayers a truism: 100 percent gets ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Badische Zeitung, transmitted by news aktuell

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The reforms needed by Germany and all of Europe are at risk if the SPD rejects the coalition agreement.