Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the Bundestag on Monday, May 19, where he met with the Social Democrats' parliamentary group. This was his first visit to the German coalition partner since taking office as Chancellor. Merz emphasized that the visit was an expression of good cooperation between the two parties and appealed for the Union and the SPD not to set red lines for each other in negotiations. The chairman of the CDU/CSU stated that he does not want to hear his partners setting unsolvable conditions, and called for greater willingness to compromise in preparing the reform package. Die Zeit ↗ Deutschlandfunk ↗
The black-red coalition finds itself in a critical phase of its work. According to leading Union politicians, a decisive meeting of the coalition committee is scheduled for June 30, at which a large reform package should be approved. This is meant to address several areas, including changes in social security. The coalition is also negotiating a postponement of the increase in Bundestag members' salaries, which, according to the CSU, should send an important signal to the public. However, the Union is linking its consent to abandoning the increase in allowances to additional demands. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Merz visits the SPD parliamentary group to ease tensions in the German coalition
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Friedrich Merz: Koalition im Krisenmodus – hilft der Besuch vom Kanzler?
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| 16:58 19.05.
Appell an Koalition - Bundeskanzler Merz bei SPD-Fraktion: Keine roten Linien mehr aufzeigen
Deutschlandfunk
| 16:35 19.05.
Regierungskoalition - Merz bei SPD-Fraktion: Keine roten Linien mehr aufzeigen
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