The German conservatives of Friedrich Merz and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reveal that they have reached an in-principle agreement to form a government that plans to invest heavily in reviving and rearming Europe's largest economy. Merz, who won Germany's February 23 election, says alongside Lars Klingbeil of the SPD that they have successfully finished exploratory talks and will now move towards formal talks to build a coalition government.
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00:00I can tell you that we concluded the consultations between CDU, CSU and SPD just an hour ago.
00:10We created a joint survey paper and reached an agreement on a number of issues.
00:20I want to say, before I talk about individuals, that all of this took place in a good and very collegial atmosphere.