Coalition meeting in Münster: First date before difficult times
The faction leaders of the CDU and SPD in Münster are assuring each other of absolute trust. By the end of the year it will become clear whether this trust will carry the coalition through its biggest test of its mettle.
The leaders of Germany's coalition government, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and the heads of the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups, Thorsten Frei, Matthias Miersch, and Alexander Hoffmann, met at a lake in Münster to discuss their cooperation. The meeting comes ahead of three state elections in September and the implementation of a reform package, including a contentious plan to change the "Rente mit 63" pension scheme.
The coalition partners aim to finalize the reforms by the end of the year, but face challenges, including resistance from within their own ranks and potential election losses. The SPD has expressed its "absolute trust" in Frei, who was recently appointed as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader.
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