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April 10, 2025

Germany's Christian Democratic Union Forms Governing Coalition with Social Democrats
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Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Wednesday his
center-right Christian Democratic Union made a deal to form a governing
coalition with the center-left Social Democrats. The deal shuts out the
extreme-right party Alternative for Germany, which had come in second
place in February elections. Merz said Germany would boost its military
spending and vowed to enact more hard-line immigration policies.

Friedrich Merz: "As for migration, we will pursue a new approach. We
will better organize and steer, and we will all but end illegal
migration. There will be border checks and rejections of asylum
requests. We will start a deportation program."



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