Merz cabinet

Merz cabinet
25th Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Germany
6 May 2025 – present
Signing of the coalition agreement for the 21st Bundestag on 5 May 2025
Date formed	6 May 2025
People and organisations
President	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor	Friedrich Merz
Vice Chancellor	Lars Klingbeil
Member parties	Christian Democratic Union   Christian Social Union in Bavaria   Social Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Grand coalition[1][2][3] 328 / 630 (52%)
Opposition parties	Alternative for Germany   Alliance 90/The Greens   The Left   South Schleswig Voters' Association
Opposition leader	Alice Weidel & Tino Chrupalla (AfD)
History
Election	2025 federal election
Legislature terms	21st Bundestag
Predecessor	Scholz

The Merz cabinet (German: Kabinett Merz, pronounced [kabiˈnɛt ˈmɛʁts]) is the 25th and current Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 21st legislative session of the Bundestag. It succeeded the previous cabinet led by Olaf Scholz. The cabinet is led by Friedrich Merz.

The cabinet is composed of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister-party Christian Social Union (CSU) (which form the CDU/CSU alliance; the so called Union) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). It is the fifth time a governing coalition between Union and SPD has been formed in post-war German history and the first since the Fourth Merkel cabinet led by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018.^[4]