Grand coalition (Germany)

In March 1930, the Great Coalition broke apart, with the resignation of the Social Democrats over the contentious issue of increasing employees' national insurance contributions at a time when wages were falling.

[4] In the post-war politics of Germany, four grand coalitions (Große Koalitionen) have been formed at the federal level through the Bundestag.

The FDP ministers stood down and a new government was formed with the SPD under Kurt Georg Kiesinger of the CDU.

[6][7] After the inconclusive result of the 2005 German federal election, neither of the traditional coalitions could form a majority government.

[13] In Thuringia, the Voigt cabinet (in office since December 2024) is any state's first-ever "blackberry coalition" among the CDU, SPD and newcomer Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).