Before the Chancellor’s election: Merz is ready for vacation after coalition negotiations

The next Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to take a break after the coalition negotiations from the Union and the SPD. “I have to go on vacation for a few days now. The last few months have been extremely exhausting. The election campaign has passed directly into the coalition negotiations, the exploratory talks beforehand, the change of the Basic Law before,” said the CDU leader of the “Bild am Sonntag”. “It is now time to rest in a few days.”

Until Merz is expected to start his new job, he still has some time. Before the Chancellor’s election in the Bundestag, the CDU and SPD must have the coalition agreement approved internally. The CDU appoints a small party congress for this, the SPD will hold a member survey from Tuesday, which is due to last two weeks. The CSU has already agreed to the contract. Merz expects the new federal government to come into office under his leadership on May 6, as he told the “Handelsblatt”.

In retrospect, the coalition negotiations between the CDU, CSU and the SPD went well despite many controversy, Merz described in the “Bild am Sonntag”. “It was much more relaxed than was sometimes expressed in public reporting.” According to Merz, the CSU boss also had a part in this. “Markus Söder has created variety and a lot of good atmosphere with his baroque species.”