Junior SPD party is expected to fill finance,foreign and labour ministries under agreementAngela Merkel has taken a crucial step towards ending a four-month period of political uncertainty by reaching a coalition agreement with the centre-left Social Democrats – but at the cost of giving the party a greater role in government.
Following a marathon of all-night dealmaking sessions and several missed deadlines, Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union on Wednesday agreed on the terms of a fresh deal with the SPD, and whose supporters will now acquire a final say on the agreement through a membership vote.
Germany's new cabinet may be made up of the same parties as final year,but it is set to include a minister with a novel new mission: a leaked draft of the coalition deal sees Bavarian politician Horst Seehofer in charge of a ministry responsible for interior affairs, construction... and heimat.
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Source: theguardian.com