List of participants in the coalition negotiations between CDU / CSU and SPD 2013
The list of participants in the coalition negotiations between the CDU / CSU and the SPD 2013 lists the people who took part in the coalition negotiations between the Union parties and the SPD after the 2013 federal election . The lists of participants were presented on October 22nd. Negotiations began on October 23, 2013 and led to the formation of a grand coalition ( Merkel III cabinet ) on December 17, 2013. The mentioned committee memberships and activities as parliamentary state secretaries relate to the 17th legislative period of the German Bundestag
Small round
CDU
- Angela Merkel , CDU Chairwoman and Executive Chancellor
- Volker Kauder , chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Ronald Pofalla , Acting Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery
- Hermann Gröhe , Secretary General of the CDU
- Volker Bouffier , Prime Minister of Hesse , head of the Hessian CDU and deputy CDU federal chairman
CSU
- Horst Seehofer , CSU chairman and Bavarian Prime Minister
- Gerda Hasselfeldt , chairwoman of the CSU regional group in the German Bundestag
- Barbara Stamm , President of the Bavarian State Parliament and Deputy CSU Chairwoman
- Alexander Dobrindt , General Secretary of the CSU
SPD
- Sigmar Gabriel , SPD chairman
- Hannelore Kraft , Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia , chairwoman of the North Rhine-Westphalian SPD and deputy SPD chairwoman
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Olaf Scholz , First Mayor of Hamburg , head of the SPD Hamburg and deputy SPD chairman
- Andrea Nahles , General Secretary of the SPD
- Barbara Hendricks , Federal Treasurer of the SPD
Big round
CDU
- Angela Merkel , CDU Chairwoman and Executive Chancellor
- Volker Kauder , chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Ronald Pofalla , Acting Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery
- Hermann Gröhe , Secretary General of the CDU
- Volker Bouffier , Prime Minister of Hesse , head of the Hessian CDU and deputy CDU federal chairman
- Julia Klöckner , CDU chairman in Rhineland-Palatinate and CDU deputy federal chairwoman
- Armin Laschet , North Rhine-Westphalian CDU Chairman and Deputy CDU Federal Chairman
- Ursula von der Leyen , Acting Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs and Deputy CDU Federal Chairwoman
- Thomas Strobl , CDU Chairman of Baden-Württemberg and CDU Deputy Federal Chairman
- Reiner Haseloff , Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer , Prime Minister of Saarland and Chairwoman of the CDU Saar
- Christine Lieberknecht , Prime Minister of Thuringia and Chairwoman of the CDU Thuringia
- Stanislaw Tillich , Prime Minister of Saxony and Saxon CDU Chairman
- Peter Altmaier , acting Federal Environment Minister
- Thomas de Maizière , Executive Minister of Defense
- Maria Böhmer , Executive Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
- Wolfgang Schäuble , Executive Minister of Finance
- Michael Kretschmer , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group and chairman of the Saxon state group of the CDU
- Katherina Reiche , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Johanna Wanka , acting Federal Minister for Education and Research
- Annette Widmann-Mauz , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health
- Michael Grosse-Brömer , First Parliamentary Managing Director of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Peter Hintze , Vice President of the German Bundestag
- Norbert Lammert , President of the German Bundestag
- Karl-Josef Laumann , chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament
- Philipp Missfelder , Federal Chairman of the Junge Union and foreign policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Herbert Reul , chairman of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament
- Jens Spahn , health policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
CSU
- Horst Seehofer , CSU chairman and Bavarian Prime Minister
- Gerda Hasselfeldt , chairwoman of the CSU regional group in the German Bundestag
- Barbara Stamm , President of the Bavarian State Parliament and Deputy CSU Chairwoman
- Alexander Dobrindt , General Secretary of the CSU
- Beate Merk , Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs and Regional Relations and Deputy CSU Chairwoman
- Peter Ramsauer , Executive Minister of Transport and Deputy CSU Chairman
- Christian Schmidt , Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense and Deputy CSU Chairman
- Hans-Peter Friedrich , Acting Federal Minister of the Interior and Acting Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Ilse Aigner , Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria and Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology
- Christine Haderthauer , Bavarian State Minister and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery
- Thomas Kreuzer , leader of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament
- Gerd Müller , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Hartmut Koschyk , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance
- Andreas Scheuer , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
- Emilia Müller , Bavarian State Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Integration
- Dorothee Bär , member of the Bundestag and Deputy Secretary General of the CSU
- Markus Söder , Bavarian State Minister of Finance, for Regional Development and Homeland
- Joachim Herrmann , Bavarian State Minister of the Interior
SPD
- Sigmar Gabriel , SPD chairman
- Hannelore Kraft , Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia , chairwoman of the North Rhine-Westphalian SPD and deputy SPD chairwoman
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Olaf Scholz , First Mayor of Hamburg , head of the SPD Hamburg and deputy SPD chairman
- Andrea Nahles , General Secretary of the SPD
- Barbara Hendricks , Federal Treasurer of the SPD
- Thomas Oppermann , first parliamentary managing director of the SPD parliamentary group, chairman of the parliamentary control committee and commissioner for domestic politics in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Aydan Özoğuz , Deputy Federal Chairwoman of the SPD
- Martin Schulz , President of the European Parliament and European Commissioner of the SPD
- Manuela Schwesig , Minister for Labor, Equality and Social Affairs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Deputy Federal Chairwoman of the SPD and Commissioner for Women's and Family Policy, Building East, Demography and Inclusion in the competence team of the failed SPD Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Klaus Wowereit , Governing Mayor of Berlin and Deputy SPD Chairman
- Peer Steinbrück , former Federal Minister of Finance and failed candidate for Chancellor of the SPD
- Torsten Albig , Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
- Jens Böhrnsen , President of the Bremen Senate and Bremen Senator for Culture and Senator for Church Affairs
- Malu Dreyer , Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Erwin Sellering , Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chairman of the SPD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Stephan Weil , Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and Chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony
- Dietmar Woidke , Prime Minister of Brandenburg and Chairman of the Brandenburg SPD
- Katrin Budde , chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and chairwoman of the SPD Saxony-Anhalt
- Martin Dulig , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament and chairman of the SPD Saxony
- Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament, chairman of the SPD Hessen and SPD candidate for the office of the Hessian Prime Minister
- Nils Schmid , Baden-Württemberg State Minister for Finance and Economics, Deputy Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg and Chairman of the SPD Baden-Württemberg
- Doris Ahnen , Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister for Education, Science, Further Education and Culture
- Ralf Stegner , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament and chairman of the SPD Schleswig-Holstein
- Florian Pronold , chairman of the SPD Bavaria , deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and commissioner for infrastructure and housing in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Ute Vogt , member of the Bundestag and former SPD leader in Baden-Württemberg
- Elke Ferner , deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group and national chairwoman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women
- Iris Gleicke , parliamentary manager of the SPD parliamentary group
- Eva Högl , member of the Bundestag
- Christine Lambrecht , deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Brigitte Zypries , former Federal Minister of Justice, legal advisor of the SPD parliamentary group and commissioner for consumer protection in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
Working groups
12 working groups and four sub-working groups were formed. The working group was headed by one CDU / CSU member and one SPD member.
Foreign affairs, defense and development cooperation
Chair: Thomas de Maizière (CDU) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Roderich Kiesewetter , member of the Bundestag
- Philipp Missfelder , Federal Chairman of the Junge Union and foreign policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Henning Otte , member of the Bundestag
- Sibylle Pfeiffer , Deputy Chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Andreas Schockenhoff , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Erika Steinbach , President of the Federation of Expellees and spokesperson for human rights and humanitarian aid for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Elmar Brok , Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
CSU
- Christian Schmidt , Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense and Deputy CSU Chairman
- Peter Gauweiler , Chairman of the Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag
- Johannes Hintersberger , State Secretary for Finance in the Bavarian State Cabinet
- Dagmar Wöhrl , Chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development
SPD
- Gernot Erler , deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Rolf Mützenich , foreign policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Rainer Arnold , defense policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Sascha Raabe , spokesman for the working group on economic cooperation and development of the SPD parliamentary group and member of the expanded SPD parliamentary group executive committee.
- Karin Evers-Meyer , former Federal Government Commissioner for the Issues of People with Disabilities and member of the Bundestag
- Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel , President of the Bread for the World plant and the Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe representative for development policy and humanitarian aid in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Christoph Strässer , spokesman for the working group on human rights and humanitarian aid in the SPD parliamentary group
Finances, budget and federal-state (municipal) financial relations
Chair: Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) and Olaf Scholz (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Norbert Barthle , chairman of the budget working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Klaus-Peter Flosbach , member of the Bundestag
- Michael Meister , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Christian von Stetten , member of the board of directors of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group, spokesman for medium-sized enterprises for the parliamentary group and chairman of the SME parliamentary group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Thomas Schäfer , Minister of Finance of Hesse
- Wolfgang Voss , Minister of Finance of Thuringia
- Herbert Reul , chairman of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament
CSU
- Hartmut Koschyk , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance
- Bartholomäus Kalb , member of the Bundestag
- Markus Söder , Bavarian State Minister of Finance, for Regional Development and Homeland
SPD
- Joachim Poß , deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Carsten Schneider , budget spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Carsten Kühl , Minister of Finance of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Norbert Walter-Borjans , Finance Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Barbara Ludwig , Lord Mayor of Chemnitz
- Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler , member of the Bundestag and former drug commissioner of the federal government
Sub-working group on banking regulation, Europe, euro
Chair : Herbert Reul (CDU) and Martin Schulz (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Peter Hintze , Vice President of the German Bundestag
- Michael Meister , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Michael Stübgen , head of the European Union Affairs working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
CSU
- Thomas Silberhorn , Chairman of the Working Group on Foreign Affairs, Defense, Europe, Economic Cooperation and Development, Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the CSU regional group in the German Bundestag
- Markus Söder , Bavarian State Minister of Finance, for Regional Development and Homeland
- Beate Merk , Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs and Regional Relations and Deputy CSU Chairwoman
- Markus Ferber , chairman of the CSU Europe group in the European Parliament
SPD
- Lothar Binding , member of the Bundestag
- Udo Bullmann , economic policy spokesman for the Social Democratic Group in the European Parliament for the economy and currency
- Axel Schäfer , deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Johannes Kahrs , spokesman for the Seeheimer Kreis of the SPD parliamentary group, chairman of the German-Turkish parliamentary group of the German Bundestag and representative for the interests of lesbians and gays in the SPD parliamentary group.
economy
Chair : Ilse Aigner (CSU) and Hubertus Heil (SPD, deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group)
Other members
CDU
- Michael Fuchs , chairman of the middle class parliamentary group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Steffen Kampeter , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Finance
- Joachim Pfeiffer , economic policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- David McAllister , former Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and Chairman of the Lower Saxony CDU
- Mike Mohring , chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament
- Hartmut Möllring , Minister for Science and Economy of Saxony-Anhalt
- Cornelia Yzer , Senator for Economics, Technology and Research in the Senate of Berlin
CSU
- Hans Michelbach , chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the finance committee of the German parliament
- Ulrich Lange , member of the Bundestag
SPD
- Wolfgang Tiefensee , former Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development and economic policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Matthias Machnig , Minister of Economic Affairs of Thuringia and representative for environmental and energy policy in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter , Member of the Bundestag, SME Commissioner for Crafts in the SPD parliamentary group
- Andrea Wicklein , representative of the SPD parliamentary group for medium-sized companies / liberal professions
- Garrelt Duin , Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy, Industry, SMEs and Crafts in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Nils Schmid , Baden-Württemberg State Minister for Finance and Economics, Deputy Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg and Chairman of the SPD Baden-Württemberg
energy
Chair : Peter Altmaier (CDU) and Hannelore Kraft (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Thomas Bareiß , Coordinator for Energy Policy of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Maria Flachsbarth , Commissioner for Churches and Religious Communities of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group and chairwoman of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the Gorleben nuclear waste storage facility
- Andreas Jung , Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Sustainable Development in the Bundestag
- Ingbert Liebing , local political spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Frank Kupfer , Saxon State Minister for Environment and Agriculture
- Armin Laschet , North Rhine-Westphalian CDU Chairman and Deputy CDU Federal Chairman
CSU
- Georg Nüßlein , energy policy spokesman for the CSU regional group in the Bundestag
- Josef Göppel , chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the committee for the environment, nature conservation and reactor safety
- Franz Pschierer , State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs
SPD
- Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament, chairman of the SPD Hessen and SPD candidate for the office of the Hessian Prime Minister
- Stephan Weil , Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and Chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony
- Heiko Maas , Saarland Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, Transport and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister
- Peter Friedrich , Minister for the Federal Council, Europe and International Affairs in Baden-Württemberg
- Nina Scheer , member of the Bundestag
- Dietmar Woidke , Prime Minister of Brandenburg and Chairman of the Brandenburg SPD
Work and social
Chair : Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) and Andrea Nahles (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Ralf Brauksiepe , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs
- Hans-Joachim Fuchtel , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs and the Federal Chancellor's Commissioner for Greece.
- Carsten Linnemann , chairman of the medium-sized and business association of the CDU / CSU
- Karl Schiewerling , chairman of the working group “Labor and Social Affairs” of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group and labor market and social policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group and deputy federal chairman of the Christian-Democratic workforce
- Gerald Weiß , Chairman of the Hessen State Association of Christian Democratic Workers and Deputy Federal Chairman of the Christian Democratic Workers
- Rainer Robra , Minister for European and Media Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt
CSU
- Max Straubinger , Deputy Chairman of the CSU regional group in the Bundestag
- Paul Lehrieder , member of the Bundestag
- Emilia Müller , Bavarian State Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Integration
SPD
- Anette Kramme , spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group for labor and social affairs
- Erwin Sellering , Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chairman of the SPD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Guntram Schneider , Minister for Labor, Integration and Social Affairs for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller , member of the Bundestag
- Detlef Scheele , Hamburg Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Family and Integration
- Klaus Wiesehügel , former federal chairman of the IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt and representative for labor and social affairs in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Armin Schild , district manager of the IG Metall district in the center and member of the SPD federal executive committee
Family, women and gender equality policy
Chair : Annette Widmann-Mauz (CDU) and Manuela Schwesig (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Ingrid Fischbach , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Markus Grübel , member of the Bundestag
- Katharina Landgraf , member of the Bundestag
- Sabine Weiss , member of the Bundestag and member of the CDU federal executive committee
- Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker , member of the Bundestag
- Andreas Storm , Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family in Saarland
CSU
- Dorothee Bär , Deputy Secretary General of the CSU
- Daniela Ludwig , chairwoman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the legal committee of the Bundestag
- Kerstin Schreyer-Stäblein , Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
SPD
- Dagmar Ziegler , deputy vice chairman of the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Caren Marks , spokeswoman for the family, senior citizens, women and youth working group of the SPD parliamentary group
- Kerstin Griese , representative of the SPD parliamentary group for churches and religious communities
- Elke Ferner , deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group and national chairwoman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women
- Martin Dulig , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament and chairman of the SPD Saxony
- Eva Högl , member of the Bundestag
Health and care
Chair: Jens Spahn (CDU) and Karl Lauterbach (SPD, spokesman for the health working group of the SPD parliamentary group and representative for health in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück)
Other members
CDU
- Emine Demirbüken-Wegner , State Secretary for Health in the Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs Berlin and member of the CDU Presidium
- Hubert Hüppe , Federal Government Commissioner for the Issues of People with Disabilities
- Maria Michalk , member of the Bundestag and member of the CDU federal executive committee
- Christine Clauß , Saxon State Minister for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection
- Karl-Josef Laumann , chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament
- Michael Schierack , chairman of the CDU Brandenburg
CSU
- Johannes Singhammer , Vice President of the German Bundestag
- Stephan Stracke , member of the Bundestag
- Melanie Huml , Bavarian State Minister for Health and Care
SPD
- Carola Reimann , Chairwoman of the Health Committee of the German Bundestag
- Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks , Senator for Health and Consumer Protection in Hamburg
- Kristin Alheit , Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Family and Equality in Schleswig-Holstein
- Alexander Schweitzer , Minister of Social Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Hilde Mattheis , chair of the working group distributive justice and social integration of the SPD parliamentary group
- Günter Baaske , Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Women and Family in Brandenburg
Transport, construction and infrastructure
Chair : Peter Ramsauer (CSU) and Florian Pronold (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Enak Ferlemann , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
- Steffen Bilger , member of the Bundestag
- Dirk Fischer , transport policy spokesman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Thomas Jarzombek , member of the Bundestag
- Arnold Vaatz , Deputy Chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Christian Carius , Minister for Building, Regional Development and Transport in Thuringia
CSU
- Andreas Scheuer , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
- Gerhard Eck , State Secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior
SPD
- Sören Bartol , spokesman for the transport, building and urban development working group of the SPD parliamentary group
- Michael Groschek , Minister for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Torsten Albig , Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
- Iris Gleicke , parliamentary manager of the SPD parliamentary group
- Jutta Blankau , Senator for Urban Development and the Environment in Hamburg
- Olaf Lies , Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport in Lower Saxony
Science, education and research
Chair: Johanna Wanka (CDU) and Doris Ahnen (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Helge Braun , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Education and Research
- Philipp Murmann , member of the Bundestag
- Thomas Rachel , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Education and Research
- Uwe Schummer , chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group for education and research
- Marcus Weinberg , chairman of the CDU Hamburg
- Sabine von Schorlemer , State Minister for Science and Art in Saxony
CSU
- Albert Rupprecht , chairman of the education and research working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Florian Hahn , member of the Bundestag
- Ludwig Spaenle , Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture
SPD
- Christoph Matschie , Chairman of the SPD Thuringia and Minister of Culture of Thuringia
- Ernst Dieter Rossmann , spokesman for the education and research working group of the SPD parliamentary group
- Swen Schulz , member of the board of the SPD parliamentary group
- Jens Böhrnsen , President of the Bremen Senate and Bremen Senator for Culture and Senator for Church Affairs
- René Röspel , member of the Bundestag
- Ralf Stegner , chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament and chairman of the SPD Schleswig-Holstein
Home Affairs and Justice
Chair: Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) and Thomas Oppermann (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Maria Böhmer , Executive Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
- Wolfgang Bosbach , Chairman of the Interior Committee of the German Bundestag
- Günter Krings , deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Ole Schröder , Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior
- Thomas Strobl , CDU Chairman of Baden-Württemberg and CDU Deputy Federal Chairman
- Lorenz Caffier , Interior Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chairman of the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Frank Henkel , Senator for the Interior and Sport of Berlin and Chairman of the CDU Berlin
CSU
- Hans-Peter Uhl , chairman of the internal policy working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Joachim Herrmann , Bavarian State Minister of the Interior
- Winfried Bausback , Bavarian State Minister of Justice
SPD
- Ralf Jäger , Minister for the Interior and Local Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Christine Lambrecht , deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group
- Angela Kolb , Minister of Justice of Saxony-Anhalt
- Boris Pistorius , Minister of the Interior of Lower Saxony
- Michael Hartmann , domestic policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Burkhard Lischka , member of the Bundestag
Sub-working group on integration and migration
Chair: Maria Böhmer (CDU) and Aydan Özoğuz (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Wolfgang Bosbach , Chairman of the Interior Committee of the German Bundestag
- Reinhard Grindel , member of the Bundestag
- Aygül Özkan , former Minister for Social Affairs, Women, Family, Health and Integration of Lower Saxony
- Markus Ulbig , Saxon State Minister of the Interior
CSU
- Stephan Mayer , chairman of the working group I nnen, Recht, Sport und Ehrenamt, Kultur und Medien of the CSU regional group in the Bundestag
- Martin Neumeyer , Integration Commissioner of the Bavarian State Government
SPD
- Andreas Breitner , Minister of the Interior of Schleswig-Holstein
- Carola Veit , President of the Hamburg Parliament
- Yasemin Karakaşoğlu , representative for education and science in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
Environment and agriculture
Chair: Katherina Reiche (CDU) and Ute Vogt (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Peter Bleser , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Marie-Luise Dött , Chair of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Working Group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group and environmental policy spokeswoman for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Mechthild Heil , consumer protection officer of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Franz-Josef Holzenkamp , member of the Bundestag
- Julia Klöckner , CDU chairman in Rhineland-Palatinate and CDU deputy federal chairwoman
- Lucia Puttrich , Environment Minister of Hesse
- Jürgen Reinholz , Minister for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment of Thuringia
CSU
- Marlene Mortler , state chairwoman of the CSU Agriculture Working Group
- Gerd Müller , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Helmut Brunner , Bavarian State Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests
- Marcel Huber , Bavarian State Minister for Environment and Health
SPD
- Till Backhaus , Minister of Agriculture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Bärbel Kofler , member of the Bundestag
- Matthias Miersch , environmental policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group
- Anke Rehlinger , Saarland Minister of Justice and Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection
- Wilhelm Priesmeier , spokesman for the working group on nutrition, agriculture and consumer protection of the SPD parliamentary group
- Katrin Budde , chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and chairwoman of the SPD Saxony-Anhalt
- Ulrich Kelber , deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group for the environment, energy and consumer protection
Consumer protection sub-group
Chair: Mechthild Heil (CDU) and Ulrich Kelber (SPD, deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group)
Other members
CDU
- Alois Gerig , member of the Bundestag
- Peter Liese , Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Bioethics Working Group of the EPP Group
- Julia Klöckner , CDU chairman in Rhineland-Palatinate and CDU deputy federal chairwoman
- Lucia Puttrich , Environment Minister of Hesse
CSU
- Gerd Müller , Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Marcel Huber , Bavarian State Minister for Environment and Health
SPD
- Jochen Hartloff , Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Elvira Drobinski-Weiß , member of the Bundestag
- Dirk Becker , member of the Bundestag
Culture and media
Chair: Michael Kretschmer and Klaus Wowereit
Other members
CDU
- Monika Grütters , Chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee on Culture and Media
- Ansgar Heveling , member of the Bundestag
- Norbert Lammert , President of the German Bundestag
- Peter Tauber , member of the Bundestag
- Marco Wanderwitz , chairman of the young group in the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Doris Pack , Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education
CSU
- Thomas Goppel , member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Dorothee Bär , member of the Bundestag and Deputy Secretary General of the CSU
- Michael Frieser , member of the Bundestag
SPD
- Barbara Kisseler , Senator for Culture in the Hamburg Senate
- Siegmund Ehrmann , cultural policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
- Oliver Scheytt , representative for art and culture in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Julian Nida-Rümelin , former Minister of State for Culture
- Stephan Dorgerloh , Minister of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt
- Malu Dreyer , Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Marc Jan Eumann , State Secretary at the Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media of North Rhine-Westphalia
Digital Agenda sub-group
Chair: Dorothee Bär (CSU) and Brigitte Zypries (SPD)
Other members
CDU
- Peter Tauber , member of the Bundestag
- Ansgar Heveling , member of the Bundestag
- Nadine Schön , member of the Bundestag
- Andreas Lämmel , member of the Bundestag
- Thomas Heilmann , Berlin Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection
CSU
- Markus Blume , chairman of the CSU economic commission.
- Reinhard Brandl , member of the Bundestag
SPD
- Gesche Joost , representative for networked society in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
- Lars Klingbeil , member of the Bundestag
- Björn Böhning , head of the Berlin Senate Chancellery
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- Members of the large group (PDF; 61 kB) on cdu.de
- Organizational chart of the coalition negotiations (PDF; 122 kB) on cdu.de
- Members of the coalition working groups (PDF; 23 kB) on cdu.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Union and SPD negotiate in twelve expert groups. Die Zeit , October 22, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Twelve working groups negotiate about the formation of a government. Focus , October 22, 2013, accessed February 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Merkel: Looking better in 2017 than today. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 23, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2014 .