The list of participants in the coalition negotiations between CDU/CSU and SPD in 2018 lists the people who participated in the coalition negotiations between the parties after the 2017 German federal election.
Negotiations to form a grand coalition (Fourth Merkel cabinet) began on 28 January 2018. The activities mentioned as parliamentary state secretaries refer to the 18th legislative period of the German Bundestag.
Round of three
Angela Merkel, CDU Chairwoman and Acting Chancellor Horst Seehofer, CSU Chairman and Bavarian Minister-President Martin Schulz, SPD Chairman
Small group
CDU Representatives of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany:
Angela Merkel, CDU Chairwoman and Acting Chancellor Volker Kauder, Chairman of the Peter Altmaier, Acting Federal Minister for Special Affairs, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Acting Federal Minister of Finance Volker Bouffier, Minister-President of Hesse, head of the and deputy federal chairman of the CDU Michael Grosse-Brömer, First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
CSU Representatives of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria:
Horst Seehofer, CSU Chairman and Bavarian Minister-President Alexander Dobrindt, Chair of the in the Bundestag Andreas Scheuer, General Secretary of the CSU Markus Blume, Deputy General Secretary of the CSU
SPD Representatives of the Social Democratic Party of Germany:
Martin Schulz, SPD Chairman Andrea Nahles, Chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary of the SPD Malu Dreyer, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Manuela Schwesig, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg, head of the SPD Hamburg and deputy chairman of the SPD
Large group
CDU
Angela Merkel, CDU Chairwoman and Acting Chancellor Volker Kauder, Chairman of the Peter Altmaier, Acting Federal Minister for Special Affairs, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Acting Federal Minister of Finance Volker Bouffier, Minister-President of Hesse, head of the and deputy federal chairman of the CDU Michael Grosse-Brömer, First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag Bernd Althusmann MdL, Chairman of Helge Braun, Member of the Bundestag, Minister of State Ralph Brinkhaus MdB, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Daniel Caspary MEP, Chairman of the CDU/CSU Group in the European Parliament Gitta Connemann MdB, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Hermann Gröhe MdB, Member of the CDU Federal Executive Committee, Federal Minister Monika Grütters MdB, Member of the CDU Presidium, Minister of State Daniel Günther MdL, advisory member of the CDU Presidium, Minister-President of the Stephan Harbarth MdB, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Reiner Haseloff MdL, advisory member of the CDU Presidium, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Christian Hirte MdB, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Julia Klöckner MdL, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU Vincent Kokert MdL, State Chairman of the Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer MdL, Member of the CDU Presidium, Minister-President of the Saarland Michael Kretschmer, advisory member of the CDU presidium, Minister-President of Saxony Armin Laschet MdL, Deputy Chairman of the CDU, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Karl-Josef Laumann, member of the CDU presidium Katja Leikert MdB, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Ursula von der Leyen MdB, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU, acting Federal Miniser of Defence Carsten Linnemann MdB, member of the CDU Federal Executive Committee Thomas de Maizière MdB, Member of the CDU Presidium, acting Federal Minister of the Interior Nadine Schön MdB, Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Jens Spahn MdB, Member of the CDU Presidium, Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Strobl, Deputy Chairman of the CDU Arnold Vaatz MdB, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Johann Wadephul MdB, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Sabine Weiss MdB, member of the CDU Federal Executive Committee Annette Widmann-Mauz MdB, Member of the , Parliamentary State Secretary
SPD
Martin Schulz, SPD Chairman Andrea Nahles, Chairman of the SPD Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary of the SPD Carsten Schneider, First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Malu Dreyer, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Natascha Kohnen, State Chairwoman of the SPD Bavaria and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, State Chairman of the and Deputy Chairman of the SPD Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg, head of the SPD Hamburg and deputy chairman of the SPD Manuela Schwesig, Minister-President of the and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Ralf Stegner, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament and deputy chairman of the SPD Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony and Chairman of the Anke Rehlinger, Saarland Minister of Economic Affairs , Chairman of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia Katarina Barley, Acting Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and Acting Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, acting Federal Foreign Minister Barbara Hendricks, acting Federal Minister for the Environment Heiko Maas, acting Federal Justice Minister Aydan Özoğuz, Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor Brigitte Zypries, acting Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Martin Dulig, Saxon State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport and Chairman of the Udo Bullmann, MEP and member of the party executive committee responsible for the European Union Dietmar Nietan, Member of Parliament and Federal Treasurer of the SPD Eva Högl, MdB Leni Breymaier, MdB and Chairwoman of the Christine Lambrecht, MdB Katja Mast, MdB Hubertus Heil, MdB and member of the SPD party executive committee Matthias Miersch, MdB and member of the SPD party executive committee Klara Geywitz, Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg and member of the SPD party executive committee Svenja Schulze, General Secretary of the SPD NRW Doris Ahnen, Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister for Finance Katja Pähle, Chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt Carsten Sieling, President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Dietmar Woidke, Minister-President of Brandenburg and Chairman of the Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin and Chairman of the
Steering group
CDU
Peter Altmaier, Acting Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Head of the Federal Chancellery of Germany and Acting Federal Minister of Finance Helge Braun, at the Federal Chancellery Michael Grosse-Brömer, First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
CSU
Andreas Scheuer, General Secretary of the CSU Stefan Müller, parliamentary managing director of the
SPD
Lars Klingbeil, General Secretary of the SPD Carsten Schneider, First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
Working groups Eighteen working groups were formed with each group being led by its chief negotiator.
Europe Chief negotiators: Peter Altmaier (CDU), Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), Martin Schulz (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Daniel Caspary Gunther Krichbaum Michael Stübgen David McAllister Lucia Puttrich
CSU
Manfred Weber Florian Hahn Beate Merk
SPD
Achim Post (Co-Chair), Member of the German Bundestag and Secretary General of the Party of European Socialists (SPE) Jens Geier (Co-Chair), MEP and Chair of the German Group within the parliamentary group Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann Constanze Krehl Christine Lambrecht Jo Leinen
Economy and reducing bureaucracy Chief negotiators: Thomas Strobl (CDU), Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), Brigitte Zypries (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Joachim Pfeiffer Mathias Middelberg Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut Mike Mohring Rüdiger Kruse
CSU
Peter Ramsauer Andreas Lenz Karl Holmeier
SPD
Dietmar Woidke (Co-Chairman), Minister president of Brandenburg and Chairman of the Martin Dulig
Sabine Poschmann
Transport and infrastructure Chief negotiators: Daniel Günther (CDU), Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), Sören Bartol (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Arnold Vaatz Steffen Bilger Patrick Schnieder Enak Ferlemann Oliver Wittke
CSU
Ulrich Lange Daniela Ludwig Karl Holmeier
SPD
Alexander Schweitzer (Co-Chair), Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Anke Rehlinger Kirsten Lühmann Kathrin Schneider Martin Burkert
Work, social affairs and pensions Chief negotiators: Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), Stephan Stracke (CSU), Andrea Nahles (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Carsten Linnemann Sabine Weiss Peter Weiß Ralf Brauksiepe Manfred Grund
SPD
Carsten Sieling (Co-Chair), President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler Kerstin Tack Anette Kramme Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller Kerstin Griese
Families, women, youth and senior citizens, including the promotion of democracy Chief negotiators: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU), Angelika Niebler (CSU), Katarina Barley (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Marcus Weinberg Nadine Schön
Paul Ziemiak Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
CSU
Emilia Müller Paul Lehrieder Silke Launert
SPD
Katja Mast (Co-Chair), MdB Sönke Rix Caren Marks Melanie Leonhard Elke Ferner
Education and Research Chief negotiators: Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Stephan Müller (CSU), Manuela Schwesig (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Ralf Alexander Lorz Stefan Kaufmann Thomas Rachel Karin Prien Tankred Schipanski
CSU
Albert Rupprecht Wolfgang Stefinger
SPD
Hubertus Heil (Co-Chair), MdB Svenja Schulze Oliver Kaczmarek
Ties Rabe Ernst Dieter Rossmann
Digital Chief negotiators: Monika Grütters (CDU), Dorothee Bär (CSU), Michael Roth (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Nadine Schön Thomas Jarzombek Jens Koeppen Thomas Heilmann , holder of the Chair of Media Economics and Media Management at the University of Paderborn and spokesperson for the CDU-affiliated internet policy association
CSU
Hansjörg Durz Reinhard Brandl Hans-Peter Friedrich, former Federal Minister of the Interior
SPD
Heike Raab (Co-Chair), State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs Rhineland-Palatinate Björn Böhning Saskia Esken Jens Zimmermann Martin Rosemann Laura Krause and for the SPD-affiliated digital policy association
Health and Care Chief negotiators: Armin Laschet (CDU), Georg Nüßlein (CSU), Barbara Hendricks (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Hermann Gröhe
Karin Maag Rudolf Henke Dietrich Monstadt Erwin Rüddel
CSU
Melanie Huml Barbara Stamm Emmi Zeulner Erich Irlstorfer
SPD
Karl Lauterbach (Co-Chair), MdB Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks Carola Reimann
Stefanie Drese
Finance and Taxes Chief negotiators: Peter Altmaier (CDU), Andreas Scheuer (CSU), Olaf Scholz (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Ralph Brinkhaus Eckhardt Rehberg Antje Tillmann Thomas Schäfer Christian von Stetten
CSU
Hans Michelbach Alois Karl Alexander Radwan
SPD
Christine Lambrecht (Co-Chair), MdB Mathias Brodkorb Lothar Binding Johannes Kahrs Doris Ahnen
Interior, Law and Consumer Protection Chief negotiators: Thomas de Maizière (CDU), Stephan Mayer (CSU), Heiko Maas (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Stephan Harbarth Günter Krings Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker Lorenz Caffier Peter Beuth Mechthild Heil
CSU
Joachim Herrmann Winfried Bausback Andrea Lindholz
SPD
Boris Pistorius (Co-Chair), Minister for Interior and Sports of Lower Saxony Eva Högl Burkhard Lischka Sarah Ryglewski