Skip next section CDU, SPD sign coalition agreement in Rhineland-Palatinate May 6, 2026 CDU, SPD sign coalition agreement in Rhineland-Palatinate Lead negotiators Gordon Schnieder (r, CDU) and Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) agreed on an coalition last weekImage: Boris Roessler/dpa/picture alliance Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate
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