CDU, SPD and CSU Sign Coalition Contract To Form The Next German Government

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 12: German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel, Acting Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Olaf Scholz and Chairman of the Bavarian Christian Democrats (CSU) Horst Seehofer and other politicans talk after signing the coalition contract between the three parties to create the next German government after signing it on March 12, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Today's signing follow months of arduous negotiations following federal elections last September. Merkel is due to be elected as chancellor for her fourth term in a session of the Bundestag this coming Wednesday. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)