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Grand coalition (Germany)
Term in German politics about coalition between SPD and CDU/CSU
Grand coalition (Germany)
In German politics, a grand coalition (German: Große Koalition [ˈɡʁoːsə koaliˈt͡si̯oːn] , shortened to: Groko [ˈɡʁoːkoː] ) is a governing coalition between the two parties with the most parliamentarians on federal or state level. The term is generally linked to a coalition between the centre-right CDU/CSU alliance (Union), consisting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) parties, and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), since they have historically been the major parties in most state and federal elections since 1949. The meaning of the term changed due to the growth of some formerly minor parties into the 2020s. A grand coalition is the governing government of Germany under the Merz cabinet following the 2025 German federal election, and marks the first time that one of the two parties does not have the most or second most seats in the Bundestag; the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second most seats. As a result...
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