The Social Democrats will form a tripartite government in Germany with the Greens and the Liberal Party

The Social Democratic candidate for the German Chancellery, Olaf Scholz, has announced that it has reached an agreement to form a coalition government with the Greens and the Liberal Party (FDP), focused on the fight against the pandemic and the climate crisis, two high points of the was post-Angela Merkel.

The marked roadmap foresees that Scholz will submit to the investiture of Parliament around December 6 to lead what will be the first tripartite government at the federal level of Germany, which will end Merkel’s 16 years in power.

The list of ministers will be announced in the coming days, as their designation formally corresponds to each party. But in the media, the allocation of Finance and the super-portfolio of Economy and Environment to the liberal leader is taken for granted. Robert Habeck.

Al Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Scholz, the most voted force in the general elections With 25.7%, it will be responsible for seven ministries, including Health, a ministry with few powers, since they correspond to the “Länder”, but of great relevance.

Likewise, the newly created Ministry of Housing, as well as Defense, Interior, Labor and Social Affairs will correspond.

The Greens -which obtained 14.8%, their historical maximum in national elections- will have five ministries, including Foreign Affairs, probably for Annalena Baerbock.

The FDP, with 11.5%, the Justice, Transportation and Education portfolios will be taken together with Finance.

Scholz was able to present a coalition agreement 59 days after the September 26 elections, in which Merkel’s conservative bloc, with Armin Laschet as candidate, fell with 24.1% to its all-time low in a general election.