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2026-10-17 · DW

Germany news: Berlin's leftist parties move step closer to forming government

Members of The Left, the Greens and the SPD reached an initial agreement to begin formal coalition talks German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses conservative CDU / CSU national youth-wing conference Germany's development minister asks that debt borrowing rules be eased to allow further critical Ukraine funding Here is a roundup of the main news from and about Germany for the weekend of October 17-18: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add us as a Preferred Source on Google . Then tap the "Star" or "Preferred" to keep DW News at the top of your feed.

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