Germany Merz government coalition crisis 2026
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Berlin left-leaning coalition talks break down
Werner Graf of the Greens and Steffen Krach of the SPD announced the halt in a joint statement on Tuesday evening.
Berlin's SPD and Greens have halted exploratory coalition talks with the Left Party.
The SPD and Greens have not entirely closed the door on the Left Party.
Germany's Merz vows to fight extremism after AfD and far-left election gains
Voters in North Rhine-Westphalia are set to elect a new parliament in April.
The AfD was founded in 2013 as a Eurosceptic movement.
The AfD fell three seats short of an absolute majority in the September 6 election in Saxony-Anhalt.
Support for Merz plunges after CDU losses to Germany's right and left
Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared he would remain as party chairman and chancellor after poor state election results.
Merz was a former chairman of BlackRock's German supervisory board and was sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s.
In July, the German government announced a package of 34 measures including reforms to pensions, taxation, bureaucracy and the labour market.
Germany's identity crisis as Merz scrambles for support
Merz promised to get tough on immigration and boost Germany's economy when he came to power.
Merz's party was beaten to first place in Berlin in recent regional elections.
Merz's coalition partner is the centre-left SPD.