# Union and SPD agree a 2025 coalition treaty

Date: 2025

In April 2025 CDU/CSU and SPD agreed a coalition treaty covering migration, defence, and the debt brake. A treaty is not yet every statute. It is a completed bargaining act.

## People

- Friedrich Merz: https://factrail.ai/people/friedrich-merz

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-cdu-spd-coalition-deal-2025-04-09/
- https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/koalitionsvertrag-2025-2340970

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merz-coalition-spd-2025