Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is poised to lead a coalition government from next week after his junior partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), said on Wednesday, April 30th, that they had approved a deal with his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance.
The SPD membership vote passed with an 84.6% majority, paving the way for Merz to launch the coalition government next Tuesday in Europe’s top economy.
The SPD’s co-chair Lars Klingbeil is set to serve as finance minister and vice chancellor, an SPD party source told AFP, adding that the party leadership unanimously approved his nomination.
