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After the SPD, Greens and FDP agreed on a coalition agreement, the US government reaffirmed its will to work with the future federal government.
The US would also expect "incredibly close and effective" relations with Germany in the future, a spokesman for the US State Department said on Wednesday.
"Germany is one of the USA's most reliable allies."
"We look forward to working with the new German government on our goals of revitalizing the transatlantic partnership, increasing cooperation with our NATO allies and increasing the ambition in our relationship with the EU," the spokesman continued.
The traffic light coalition presented its coalition agreement entitled “Dare to make more progress” on Wednesday.
Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz (SPD) promised a "coalition at eye level" in which there would be no policy of "the lowest common denominator".
Under the item “Bilateral and Regional Relations”, the coalition agreement on the relationship with the USA states, among other things: “The
The transatlantic partnership and friendship with the USA are central pillars of our international activities.
We advocate a renewal and dynamization of the transatlantic relations with the USA and Canada, which we want to shape in a European way. «(Read the coalition agreement here in full)
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