Germany's Angela Merkel to name her team for new cabinet
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will name her ministerial team for the new cabinet which was provided a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD).
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 25 February 2018
- Modified Date: 02:20 | 25 February 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel is preparing to name her ministerial team for a new German government, amid reports that she plans to promote an ambitious conservative critic.
Merkel has signaled she will put fresh faces in her cabinet after a coalition deal with the center-left Social Democrats, who won the powerful finance ministry, drew criticism.
She pledged to name her Christian Democratic Union's proposed ministers Sunday, a day before a party congress considers the coalition accord.
The deal must still be approved in a ballot of the Social Democrats' members to take effect.
Much attention has focused on whether Merkel gives a Cabinet job to 37-year-old Jens Spahn, a leading advocate of a more conservative approach. The Bild am Sonntag newspaper and the news agency dpa reported she will name him health minister.
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