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Germany’s Merz to Start Exploratory Talks With Social Democrats on Friday

The head of the centre-right CDU/CSU alliance, Friedrich Merz, is expected to become Germany's next chancellor and has urged speedy talks towards forming a ruling alliance.
Merz's conservatives won Sunday's elections with 28.5 percent of the vote, while the Social Democrats of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz scored a historic low of 16.4 percent.
The make-up of the incoming Bundestag leaves a coalition between the conservatives and the Social Democrats as the only politically feasible option to form a government.

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The Hindu

Incoming German government’s focus on European sovereignty could impact its Indo-Pacific ambitions

The Union, made up of the CDU and its ally, is most likely to partner with the centre-left SPD to form a coalition government in Germany; challenges ahead are plenty for the incoming govt. which will have to walk a tightrope between illegal immigration and need for skilled migrants; ripples following U.S.’s shifting foreign policy under President Trump also create concerns for the European nation

4 days ago·India

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Japan Today

Merz open on debt question as German parties start talks

Election winner Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was open to reforming Germany's legally prescribed spending limits as his conservatives started exploratory talks on forming a coalition with outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats. Investors want a rapid easing of the limits known as the "debt brake" to lift Europe's…

4 days ago·Sakado, Japan

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junge Welt

Exploratory talks: Small grand coalition

Bundestag elections: On Friday Union and SPD exploratory talks started. Merz wants a new government by Easter. But coalition negotiations could be complicated.

German parties welcome 'constructive' start to talks towards coalition

BERLIN: German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) held "open and constructive" talks towards forming a coalition, a joint

4 days ago·Singapore

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German election winner Merz and center-left rivals start sounding out a possible coalition

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

4 days ago·United States

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Anadolu Ajansı

German conservatives begin exploratory coalition talks with Social Democrats

Preliminary talks aim to establish guidelines, timeline for formal coalition talks, as migration, public spending emerge as most contentious issues - Anadolu Ajansı

4 days ago·Ankara, Türkiye

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