ARNSBERG: German conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday praised the cooperation with his Social Democratic coalition partners, after a spat within the government led to a delay of the appointment of three new judges to the country's top court. "We even work really well together with the Social Democrats in this coalition," Merz said while visiting a local festival in his hometown of Arnsberg, some 45 kilometres east of Dortmund.
"And that also shows that the political centre in our country is capable of working together, governing together and ensuring that our democracy remains stable in the middle," he said. It comes after a confirmation vote in parliament was postponed on Friday after Merz's conservatives unexpectedly withdrew support for a candidate to the country's Constitutional Court backed by the Social Democrats (SPD), the junior partner in government.
Merz, who has been in power since May, has often promised that his government would avoid the constant coalition squabbles that characterized the term in office of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz. The new chancellor is likely also to be asked about the dispute during broadcaster ARD's widely watched summer interview. — dpa
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