Germany's CDU/CSU and SPD parties reach agreement on coalition government, NTV reports

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Friedrich Merz, gives a statement on the day Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and Social Democratic party (SPD) have exploratory talks, in Berlin, Germany March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Tuesday reached a deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) to form a government, NTV reported.

Two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, however, that there was not yet an agreement.

(Reporting by Tom Sims and Andreas Rinke; Editing by Chris Reese)