Explainer: Germany's incoming government won't ditch U.S. nuclear bombs

Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a statement after a final round of coalition talks to form a new government, in Berlin, Germany, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO allies received a reassuring message from Germany's incoming government on Wednesday when they scoured its policy plans: Berlin will remain part of NATO's nuclear sharing agreement.

According to the coalition deal, Germany will not ask the United States to remove its nuclear bombs from German soil as some allies had feared.