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Union and SPD Leaders Gather in Würzburg to Reset Coalition for Autumn Reforms

Trust-building tops the agenda after summer setbacks, with social-policy clashes unresolved.

Matthias Miersch und Jens Spahn im Bundestag.
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Die Vorstände der Koalitionsfraktionen von Union und SPD kommen am Donnerstag zu einer zweitägigen Klausurtagung in Würzburg zusammen, um über die politischen Projekte der kommenden Monate zu beraten.
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Overview

  • The CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary leaders opened a joint retreat in Würzburg to strengthen cooperation and coordinate the coming legislative push.
  • Staged gestures, including a planned walk across Würzburg’s Alte Main-Brücke, are designed to project unity during the two-day meeting.
  • Key fault lines remain as the Union demands savings in Bürgergeld, while the SPD advances ideas to raise taxes on high earners.
  • Following a briefly registered ministerial reservation, the cabinet moved the Wehrdienst bill forward, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz backed Boris Pistorius’s view that conscription cannot be implemented with current capacities.
  • Trust was damaged by the failed Federal Constitutional Court nominations, and business leaders are urging swift decisions to deliver the promised autumn reforms.