Germany’s Merz unveils coalition deal with SPD after weeks of drift | Politics News

German election winner seals deal to form new government aiming to spur economic growth and ramp up defence spending.

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz have clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession.

The deal on Wednesday caps weeks of haggling between Chancellor-in-waiting Merz and the SPD after he topped elections in February, but fell well short of a…