CDU has now finalized coalition agreement with SPD: “It is no time for euphoria”

In the morning, Merz opens the ministerial surprise box, and later he gets his party's approval for the coalition agreement. And now? The new beginning?
Friedrich Merz speaks at the CDU Federal Committee at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin. Political-Moments/imago
It's not a date for grand speeches, and yet on Monday afternoon at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, something hovers in the air that is more than sober duty. It is the cautious flickering of a spirit of optimism. After months of political paralysis, after the collapse of the traffic light coalition government, the CDU is gathering for its small party conference.

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