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FDP leader Lindner with Olaf Scholz and Annalena Baerbock
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FDP is to get four ministries
11.48 a.m.:
According to SPIEGEL information, the FDP will take over four departments:
Finances
Judiciary
education
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For the post of finance minister, party leader Christian Lindner is considered set, Bettina Stark-Watzinger is to become education minister.
Report: Seven cabinet posts for the SPD
11.20 a.m.:
According to reports, the SPD is to get seven positions in the cabinet: Among them is the newly created Ministry for Building and Housing, reported the Reuters news agency, citing a person familiar with the result of the coalition negotiations
In addition to the head of the Chancellery, the SPD can also appoint the ministries for the interior, defense, health, labor and social affairs as well as economic cooperation.
The Greens are to take over the climate protection and economics ministries as well as the Foreign Office.
Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock should be set for these two posts.
Cabinet list probably not until the beginning of December
10.44 a.m.:
Is the complete traffic light cabinet list only available at the beginning of December?
According to information from party circles, the SPD and FDP want to officially announce their respective government members at the party congresses on December 4th and 5th, respectively.
There the two parties want to evaluate the coalition agreement with the Greens.
The Greens want to announce their ministers this Thursday.
Otherwise it is only clear that Olaf Scholz (SPD) will become Federal Chancellor.
The traffic light timetable
10:39 a.m.:
The coalition agreement is an important, but not the last, step on the way to the new federal government.
What should happen afterwards:
Approval of the parties: What the party leaderships have negotiated has yet to be confirmed.
The SPD and FDP have party conferences on the weekend of 4th / 5th for this.
December planned.
In the case of the Greens, the members will decide on the coalition agreement and the personnel board.
The strike vote should begin this Thursday and last ten days.
Chancellor election: If everyone has agreed, Scholz can be elected Chancellor by the Bundestag.
The date should be in the week from December 6th.
Since international obligations for the new Chancellor and Foreign Minister are pending on December 10th, the election should be over by December 9th.
Appointment and swearing-in of the cabinet: On the day of the election of the Chancellor, the cabinet is appointed by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and sworn in in the Bundestag.
Handover of office: Merkel will presumably hand over official business to Scholz in the Chancellery on the same day.
Most of the handover in the ministries should take place on the following day.
Introduction abroad: Scholz will want to introduce himself quickly to the most important partners abroad.
He has already announced that his first trip as Chancellor will be to Paris.
On December 10th, Chancellor Scholz is likely to meet US President Joe Biden for the first time - at least virtually, at a video summit for democracy.
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