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The German vote

In the broader sense, the coalition negotiators swore to take on a more proactive role on the European stage by using the Weimar triangle – a loose alliance of France, Germany and Poland – as a means of designing the EU policy. Under the previous coalition government, led by the Olaf Scholz of the SPD, the relationship between Germany with France and Poland deteriorated.

“In the Weimar triangle, we will strive for close coordination in all relevant European political questions in order to act more united in the service of the EU as a whole,” says the draft of the contract and repeated earlier statements by the integrated Chancellor Merz, who travels to Paris and Warsaw on his first day.

Conservatives also swore to deal with a complaint about Germany that often belongs in the European capitals: Germany’s relegation in votes on important EU questions, which are ironically referred to as “German vote”.

If the German ministries themselves contradict the EU policy, the country usually contains the EU votes. However, Merz vowed that there would be no such German distances in relation to important voices in Brussels under his leadership.

But his conservatives and the SPD do not agree how this is possible. The conservatives want Merz to be able to say of great importance in Germany’s position in relation to EU votes by “taking responsibility for coordination from the start or taking responsibility during the procedure”. The SPD, on the other hand, wants to adhere to “the interministerial principle” and solve disputes between ministries.

The draft of an agreement on the government positions on the EU comes from one of the 16 polished working groups that were founded to develop positions in important political areas. On Friday afternoon, the most important politicians concluded final negotiations to summarize a uniform coalition agreement based on the designs of the working groups.

A final coalition agreement can be made in mid -April.