Less than two weeks are left for the swearing-in of the new German government under Christian Democrat Friedrich Mertz- The next steps
Response from Berlin
Three months after the February federal elections, Germany is in the final line to form a Christian Union coalition and social democrats. But until the swearing -in of the new government with Chancellor Friedrich Mertz on May 6, critical steps are preceded.
Tomorrow Monday, April 28, the Christian Democrats’ decision on the government agreement at a “small conference” is expected, while the Bavarian Christian Socialist Party has already approved it by decision of the party’s bureau.
On Tuesday, April 29, the online vote of the members of the Social Democrats, who have been voting on April 15 for the government agreement. It should be noted that the strong youth of the party, Jusos, representing one fifth of party members, have strongly criticized the government’s formation agreement.
But a crucial appointment is also that of April 30. Then the names of the next ministers will be known. The Christian Democrats will receive six ministries, including the Foreign Minister after 60 years, will receive six ministries.
The Social Democrats are expected to receive seven ministries, including the Ministry of Finance and Defense, and three Bavarian Christian Socialists, most notably the Internal Affairs -Criminal Posts for Greece due to the tightening of German immigration policy and the restrictive measures that of the Federal Administrative Court of Leipzig.
The fifth ‘Great Coalition’ in History
On May 5, the government agreement will be officially signed and, as the tagesschau.de website recalls, will be the fifth government of cooperation between Christian Union and Social Democrats in post -war German history.
On May 6, on the proposal of German President Frank-Balter Steinmeier, the new Chancellor, Friedrich Mertz, will be highlighted by the German Parliament after a secret ballot. It should receive the support of the majority, ie 316 votes. He will then go to the Bellevue Presidential Palace to formally indulge in him the act of appointment and from there again to the German Parliament to swear Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
As for the next ministers, they do not require their election by the German Parliament. The President of the Republic is subscribing to their appointment and then in turn will be sworn in to the German Parliament.
Source: tagesschau.de
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