• Grand coalition (German: Große Koalition, pronounced [ˈɡʁoːsə koaliˈt͡si̯oːn] , shortened to: German: Groko, pronounced [ˈɡʁoːkoː] ) is a term in German...
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  • A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political parties of opposing political ideologies...
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    being grand coalitions. Parties frequently make statements ahead of elections about which coalitions they categorically reject. In Germany, coalitions rarely...
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    successfully negotiated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) to form a grand coalition for the third time. In January 2017, party leader Sigmar...
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    In German politics, a traffic light coalition (German: Ampelkoalition) is a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic...
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    grand coalition was renewed after the 2017 German federal election due to failure during the negotiations of a Jamaica coalition. In the 2009 German federal...
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    governing coalition in 1966 due to disagreements over fiscal and economic policy, Erhard was forced to resign. Consequently, a grand coalition with the...
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  • the federal government consisted of a coalition of the two major parties, called a grand coalition. Coalitions in the Bundestag and state legislatures...
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    reconsider grand coalition with Angela Merkel". POLITICO. 22 November 2017. Wearden, Graeme (20 November 2017). "Markets rattled as German coalition talks...
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  • times, parties have formed all-party coalitions (national unity governments, grand coalitions). If a coalition collapses, the prime minister and cabinet...
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    lowest in a German federal election since 1949. Since the 2005 election, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had governed in a grand coalition with the SPD...
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    Angela Merkel (category Grand Crosses in special issue of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    chancellor, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She was the...
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    federal election. The outgoing government was a coalition of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens, led by federal...
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    parties agreed to form a grand coalition led by Angela Merkel who became the first female Chancellor of Germany. Under Merkel, Germany hosted the 2007 G8 summit...
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    for the first time since 2002. The ruling CDU/CSU, which had led a grand coalition with the SPD since 2013, recorded their worst ever result with 24.1%...
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    The Great Coalition (13 August 1923 – 30 November 1923) was a grand coalition during the Weimar Republic that was made up of the four main pro-democratic...
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    2023, a mid-term review of the coalition agreement's implementation found that compared to the preceding grand coalition (Merkel IV), the traffic light...
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    in 2018. German governing coalition Grand coalition Black-red-green coalition Red–green alliance Red–red coalition Social–liberal coalition Traffic light...
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  • Social–liberal coalition (German: Sozialliberale Koalition) in the politics of Germany refers to a governmental coalition formed by the Social Democratic...
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    The Grand Duchy of Baden (German: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in south-west Germany on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign...
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    Merkel's second grand coalition. In November 2016 he was announced as the candidate for President of Germany of the governing coalition, consisting of...
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    Prussia 2 Germany 1    In the War of the Sixth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Sixième Coalition) (December 1812 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the...
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    Weimar Coalition (German: Weimarer Koalition) is the name given to the coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the...
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    Brandenburg, the coalition is led by the SPD, while in Saxony, it is led by the CDU. German governing coalition Grand coalition Jamaica coalition (politics)...
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    SPD Chancellor in West Germany Willy Brandt. Upon the resignation of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard on 1 December 1966, a grand coalition of Christian Democrats...
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    a coalition with The Greens. This government was re-elected in 2002 but defeated in 2005. The SPD then became junior partner of a grand coalition with...
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    First Merkel cabinet (category Grand coalition governments)
    Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor in German history, the cabinet was supported by a grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)...
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    Coalition Wars 1000km 620miles Waterloo 9 8 7 Austria 6 Prussia 5 Germany 4 Italy 3 Egypt 2 France 1    The War of the First Coalition (French: Guerre...
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    Party (BVP). In August 1923, the DVP's Gustav Stresemann formed a Grand Coalition administration, comprising the Centre, both Liberal parties and the...
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  • Nazi Germany during World War II Grand Alliance for Democracy, a coalition of political parties in the Philippines, led by the Nacionalista Party Grand Alliance...
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