In Germany, the CDU and SPD parties have approved a coalition agreement. SPD says his decision was supported by the majority of its members. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has overwhelmingly approved a coalition agreement with the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc.

Germany is inching ever closer to a new government, with a deadline for the Social Democrats (SPD) to vote on a coalition deal looming on Tuesday evening, the final hurdle before chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz can take the helm in Berlin next week.

One of the stated goals of the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD is the militarization of universities.