The legend says that in post -war Germany, a coalition and a government could be formed at the base of a verbal agreement between the party leaders. The agreement presented on Wednesday, April 9 by the Christian Democrats of the CDU-CSU and the Social Democrats of the SPD to govern the country after the February 23 elections does not fall in this category. A masterfully designed composition that combines the priorities and demands of each party, the 146 -page document was negotiated approximately one month by a total of 192 emissaries, under the combined pressure of the members of the party and the cascade of tariffs announced by the White House. “We had to achieve results quickly,” summarized the probable future conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Wednesday, echoing his favorite line: “Germany has returned.”
Happy and visible relieved, Merz, flanked by the two leaders of SPD, Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken, as well as the president of the CSU of the Bavarian Conservative Party, Markus Söder, immediately sought to neutralize criticism. “You will not find much of what I expected in this document, and you will find much of what I did not expect,” said Merz enigmatically.
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