Overview

• CDU and CSU leaders Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder will present their ministerial teams on Monday, finalizing their contributions to the coalition government.
• The CDU is set to approve the coalition agreement at a small party conference on the same day, following the CSU's earlier approval.
• The coalition agreement allocates seven ministries to the CDU, including Foreign Affairs, Economy, and a new Digital Ministry, with three ministries going to the CSU.
• The SPD will reveal its ministerial nominees after the results of its membership vote on Wednesday, which will determine its formal approval of the coalition deal.
• If all approvals proceed as planned, Friedrich Merz is expected to be elected chancellor by the Bundestag on May 6.