Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, paving the way for the new German government to take office in Berlin next week. The centre-left party said on Wednesday 84.

In Germany, the CDU and SPD parties have approved a coalition agreement. SPD says his decision was supported by the majority of its members. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has overwhelmingly approved a coalition agreement with the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc.

BERLIN - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to forming a government in Europe's largest economy, and nominated their leader Lars Klingbeil as finance minister.