Ten open questions at the start of Germany's coalition negotiations

CDU, CSU and SPD started their coalition negotiations. The delegations of the parties met last night at the CDU party headquarters in Berlin, in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus. They are to work out a contract in 16 working groups.

Ten open questions at the start of Germany's coalition negotiations

Germany's CDU/CSU and SPD kicked off the next intensive phase of coalition negotiations on Friday. But though the parties have already set out broad plans for a future government, a number of questions remain.

If Union and SPD were to govern together in the future, it would be the fifth black-red coalition in a federal government. Willy Brandt helped a podium at the first 1966 to be at eye level with the CDU Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger.

Coalition talks to form new government in Germany officially begin

Delegations from Christian Democratic Union Party, Christian Social Union Party, Social Democratic Party meet in capital Berlin - Anadolu Ajansı

The coalition negotiations between the Union and the SPD have begun. The 19 main negotiators met in the evening at the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Berlin. Now the working groups have ten days to draft text proposals for the coalition agreement.

Here we go: CDU, CSU and SPD officially started negotiations on a future government alliance. The timetable is ambitious, so the opening round was short.