News (2025年4月20日号)

German parties agree to form a new government after months of drifting

From left: Markus Soeder, chairman of the Christian Social Union party; Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman; and Social Democratic Party co-leader Lars Klingbeil address the media after reaching an agreement between their parties on a coalition for a new German government at a news conference in Berlin on April 9. (AP photo)

From left: Markus Soeder, chairman of the Christian Social Union party; Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman; and Social Democratic Party co-leader Lars Klingbeil address the media after reaching an agreement between their parties on a coalition for a new German government at a news conference in Berlin on April 9. (AP photo)

BERLIN — German election winner Friedrich Merz sealed a deal on April 9 to form a new government that aims to spur economic growth, ramp up defense spending, take a tougher approach to migration and catch up on long-neglected modernization. The agreement paves the way for new leadership in the 27-n...

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