Merz cabinet
Merz cabinet | |
|---|---|
25th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 6 May 2025 – present | |
Signing of the coalition agreement for the 21st Bundestag on 5 May 2025 | |
| Date formed | 6 May 2025 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Vice Chancellor | Lars Klingbeil |
| Member parties | CDU CSU SPD |
| Status in legislature | Grand coalition |
| Opposition parties | AfD Greens The Left SSW |
| History | |
| Election | 2025 federal election |
| Legislature terms | 21st Bundestag |
| Predecessor | Scholz |
The Merz cabinet (German: Kabinett Merz, pronounced [kabiˈnɛt ˈmɛʁts]) is the 25th and current Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 21st legislative session of the Bundestag. It succeeded the previous cabinet led by Olaf Scholz. The cabinet is led by Friedrich Merz.
The cabinet is composed of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister-party Christian Social Union (CSU) (which form the CDU/CSU alliance; the so called Union) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). It is the fifth time a governing coalition between Union and SPD has been formed in post-war German history and the first since the Fourth Merkel cabinet led by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018.