German government coalition talks between CDU and SPD to begin, Merz says

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German government coalition talks between CDU and SPD to begin, Merz says  The centre-right party's leader Friedrich Merz said CDU and SPD are to enter talks to form a coalition, one day after the German election on Sunday.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/24/german-government-coalition-talks-between-cdu-and-spd-to-begin-merz-says  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Talks between the Christian Democratic Union, the CDU, and the Social Democrats, the SPD,

00:08are to begin within the next couple of days, CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced on Monday.

00:15Merz said that initial talks about establishing a black-red coalition have already taken place

00:20and aims for the new government to be formed by Easter, which this year falls on April

00:2520th. He highlighted his goal of steering Germany out of its economic crisis, particularly

00:31in light of the uncertain relationship with the US and the ongoing stagnation of Europe's

00:36largest economy. All three Ample Coalition leaders, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vice-Chancellor

00:41Robert Habeck, and former Finance Minister Christian Lindner, have signalled that they

00:46will not be playing any major political roles in the future. The voter turnout at yesterday's

00:52election was the highest in decades, despite large numbers of Germans being relatively

00:56undecided about who they would vote for until the very last minute. However, the CDU faces

01:02an uphill battle in stimulating the economy and increasing defence spending as questions

01:07about reforming the debt break emerge. Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.

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