Free Democrats approves deal for Scholz's new German government
The Hindu
Ms. Merkel, who has remained in office as a caretaker Chancellor while the new government was being negotiated, will step down this week after 16 years at Germany's helm.
Germany's pro-business Free Democrats on December 5 approved a deal to form a new government with two center-left parties, moving a step closer to taking office as the country's new leader this week.
The Free Democrats reached an agreement last month to form a coalition with Mr. Scholz's Social Democrats and the environmentalist Greens, effectively crossing the aisle to ally with the two parties.
“This is a coalition agreement for policies of the center, which won't shift our country to the left but wants to move it forward," party leader Christian Lindner told a largely online party convention.
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