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Germany's Conservatives, SPD Meet for Talks on Coalition

Germany's Conservatives, SPD Meet for Talks on Coalition as Major Spending Hike Eyed

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz are pictured in a WELT TV studio ahead of a TV debate between Scholz and Merz, in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool/File Photo

DPA International on MSN · 2d

Germany's SPD to skip Ash Wednesday events, focus on coalition talks

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) have said they will not appear at traditional Ash Wednesday events as they focus on negotiations to form a government in Berlin. The SPD is "prepared to negotiate and talk all week,

Le Monde · 3d

Germany's CDU and SPD begin government coalition talks

Despite declarations by Friedrich Merz, the likely future chancellor, the future government's road to taking office looks to be long and strewn with pitfalls.

DW on MSN · 1d

Germany's CDU, SPD agree on major financial package

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake."

German defense spending likely to rise

Reuters · 1d

Germany's conservatives, SPD agree debt brake reform proposal

The conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence spending, and to propose the creation of a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund,

CNN · 1d

‘A really big bazooka’: German defense spending likely to rise after parties agree historic debt change

The parties hoping to form Germany’s next government have agreed to overhaul borrowing rules and create a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy.

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending

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CDU, SPD plan billions for Germany's army, infrastructure

"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany ...

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Germany's SPD to elect new leadership in June after election defeat

After its historic election defeat, Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) plans to elect its new leadership at a party ...

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Germany's SPD says security needs boost but no comment on funding plans

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their conservative rivals ...

Why did Germany's SPD party do so badly in the election?

The national election was disastrous for Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Voters have been fleeing it in droves. Its recent victory in Hamburg isn't doing much to lift the mood.

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Germany set for massive rearmament as divide with US widens

BERLIN: Germany is set to rearm in a way not seen since World War II after likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

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German Greens demand input on popular debt-backed spending plan

Leaders of Germany's Green Party said on Wednesday they will not be pressured into supporting a massive debt-backed spending ...

The Local19h

EXPLAINED: Germany's new debt deal and what it means for residents

Germany's potential future governing parties - the CDU/CSU and SPD - have reached a landmark agreement on new borrowing for ...

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Germany's Merz pushes fiscal 'bazooka' but support in doubt

The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul ...

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