Overview

• Friedrich Merz will present the CDU's ministerial candidates on April 28, marking a key step in the formation of Germany's new coalition government.
• Markus Söder is expected to reveal the CSU's cabinet picks during a party board meeting and subsequent press conference the same day.
• The SPD will delay announcing its ministerial candidates until after the results of its membership vote on the coalition agreement are finalized on April 29.
• Under the coalition agreement, the CSU will oversee the Interior Ministry, Agriculture Ministry, an expanded Research Ministry, and a state minister position in the Foreign Office.
• Merz’s election as chancellor is scheduled for May 6, a constitutional prerequisite before the new cabinet can be formally appointed and sworn in.