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"The results of the pension security commission have been adopted and confirmed by the coalition committee as a whole package. Therefore, we must also implement them." The chairman of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei (CDU), has warned the SPD against questioning parts of the planned pension reform again. #Deutschlandtag #FriedrichMerz #Koalitionsverhandlungen (translated)

After four hours, a coalition committee took place at the Chancellery, while a possible Red-Green-Red coalition in Berlin decides on exploratory talks and Chancellor Merz welcomes British Prime Minister Burnham; moreover, more economic growth is expected for 2026 and Canadian poet Anne Carson receives the Nobel Prize in Literature. #Koalitionsausschuss #Wirtschaftswachstum #LiteraturNobelpreis (translated)

The coalition committee of SPD and CDU concluded its first meeting since the summer break without a night shift, with the main topics being further reform policy and the budget for 2027, while the election of an AfD politician as president of the state parliament is weighing on the coalition under Chancellor Merz. #Koalitionsausschuss #SPD #CDU (translated)

"Dear colleagues, we met last night as a coalition committee in a good and constructive atmosphere. We are aware that our democracy is facing a historical test these days. We are determined not to leave our country to the extremists. The coalition agrees that economic growth, secure jobs, and social cohesion are at the center of the further work program. Therefore, the coalition committee discussed all current topics in order to promptly complete the associated projects." #Koalitionskrise #CDU #SPD (translated)

"Dear colleagues, we met last night as a coalition committee in a good and constructive atmosphere. We are aware that our democracy is facing a historic test these days. We are firmly determined not to leave our country to extremists. The coalition agrees that economic growth, secure jobs, and social cohesion are at the center of the further work program. Therefore, the coalition committee discussed all current issues in order to swiftly bring the associated projects to completion." #Koalitionskrise #CDU #SPD (translated)

"that we have that wrapped up in dry cloths by spring next year" Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) had demanded a new commitment to the agreed reform course before the meeting, despite partly drastic losses for the Union and SPD in the three state elections in September. #Koalitionsausschuss #Reformen #CDU_CSUSPD (translated)

"In what order and how we want to tackle this large workload in the next few weeks." Union faction leader Thorsten Frei (CDU) said it is now a matter of "in what order and how we want to tackle this large workload in the next few weeks." #Koalitionsausschuss #Reformen #Bundeshaushalt (translated)

"very honest discussion with each other about how we will tackle the tasks in the coming months" SPD faction leader Matthias Miersch said before the meeting that he expects "a very honest discussion with each other about how we will tackle the tasks in the coming months." #Koalitionsausschuss #Reformen #Bundeshaushalt (translated)