Political poker game: Who will be a minister in the new cabinet?
Political poker game: Who will be a minister in the new cabinet?
On April 26, 2025, the course stands for the new federal government: the black and red coalition agreement between the CDU and the SPD is finalized, but the approval of the party committees remains pending. Despite intensive negotiations and preferences to the ministerial posts, the tension about the future ministers is increasing. Numerous speculations about the occupation of the top posts heat up the discussions so that CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann compares the situation with a World Cup final. Radio Euskirchen reports that The conversations between the party leadership takes place under confidentiality and surprises at the ministerial posts.
The final decisions about the departments that were divided between the CDU, CSU and SPD are top priority and delay themselves. The schedule stipulates that the ministerial posts will be announced from April 30, after the CDU's member base and the relevant committees of the CDU must first be approved.
planned time frame
like the Tagesschau , the program is already on the program where the Federal Committee of the CDU is to decide on the coalition agreement. This committee is made up of the party executive and delegates of the state associations. It is critically noted that the CDU base was not questioned during the negotiations, which is due to resentment in the party base. On April 10, the coalition agreement was already unanimously accepted by the CSU delegates.
A member vote is currently underway for the SPD, which ends on April 29. Around 358,000 members have coordinated the coalition agreement since April 15. A majority of the votes and a minimum share of 20 percent are required for an assumption. Migration and social policy is particularly controversial discussed, with the Jusos, which are about a fifth of the members, clearly pronounced against the contract.
The possible ministerial candidates
With a look at the potential ministerial posts, a diverse picture is. Here Thorsten Frei and Hendrik Hoppenstedt are up for debate. In the field of finance, Lars Klingbeil is traded by the SPD as a possible vice -chancellor, while Boris Pistorius is considered to be a defense department. There are also concrete names in other departments:
| department | candidate |
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| Chancellery | Thorsten Frei, Hendrik Hoppenstedt |
| finance | Lars Klingbeil |
| defense | Boris Pistorius |
| economy and energy | Katherina Reiche, Andreas Jung |
| Foreign | Johann Wadephul, Armin Laschet |
| work and social issues | Hubertus Heil, Bärbel Bas |
| inner | Alexander Dobrindt |
| Health | Karl-Josef Laumann, Tino Sorge |
| traffic | Ina Scharrenbach, Reiner Haseloff |
| Development | Svenja Schulze, Saskia Esken |
| Environment and climate protection | Matthias Miersch, Katja Mast |
| Building and living | Klara Geywitz, Carsten Schneider |
| research and space travel | Dorothee Bär |
| agriculture and nutrition | Michaela Kaniber |
| judiciary and consumer protection | Sonja Eichwede |
| digitization | Kristina Sinemus, Verena Pauster |
| education and family | Karin Prien, Silvia Breher |
The official selection of the ministers is scheduled to take place on April 30 before the coalition agreement is signed on May 5. Friedrich Merz, who is traded as a CDU candidate for chancellor, needs 316 votes for his election in the Bundestag. After the election, he will receive the certificate of appointment from the Federal President and the new federal government is sworn in in the Bundestag, which automatically ends the old government.
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