Germany is on the cusp of forming a new government after months of political deadlock. This expected breakthrough has not from domestic consensus, though.
Geopolitical and economic pressure, in the form of mounting threats from both Washington and Moscow, forced the country’s rival parties into action.
Unveiling a coalition agreement on Wednesday (April 9), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz appeared alongside his partners from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Bavarian CSU, declaring that the talks had taken place amid “growing global political tensions”. He cited “unpalatable threats” to Germany’s security and prosperity, pointing to Russian aggression and the economic turmoil caused by the United States, Financial Times reported.
The new coalition could install Merz as chancellor as early as May, ending a long period of caretaker government and providing Europe’s largest economy with a functioning executive at a time of acute global instability.
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