The list of participants in the 2013 coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and the SPD lists the individuals who took part in the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and the SPD following the 2013 German federal election. The lists of participants were presented on 22 October. On 23 October 2013 the negotiations began, leading to the formation of a grand coalition (Third Merkel cabinet) on 17 December 2013. The committee memberships and activities as parliamentary state secretaries mentioned refer to the 17th legislative period of the German Bundestag.
Small group
CDU
Angela Merkel, CDU Chairwoman and Acting Chancellor Volker Kauder, Chairman of the Ronald Pofalla, Acting Federal Minister for Special Affairs, Head of the Federal Chancellery Hermann Gröhe, General Secretary of the CDU Volker Bouffier, Minister-President of Hesse, head of the and deputy federal chairman of the CDU
CSU
Horst Seehofer, CSU Chairman and Minister-president of Bavaria Gerda Hasselfeldt, Chair of the in the Bundestag Barbara Stamm, President of the Landtag of Bavaria and Deputy Chairwoman of the CSU Alexander Dobrindt, General Secretary of the CSU
SPD
Sigmar Gabriel, SPD Chairman Hannelore Kraft, Minister-President of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Chairwoman of SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg, leader of the SPD Hamburg and deputy chairman of the SPD Andrea Nahles, General Secretary of the SPD Barbara Hendricks, Federal Treasurer of the SPD
Large group
CDU
Angela Merkel, CDU Chairwoman and Acting Chancellor Volker Kauder, Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag Ronald Pofalla, Acting Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Federal Chancellery of Germany Hermann Gröhe, General Secretary of the CDU Volker Bouffier, Minister-President of Hesse , head of the Hessian CDU and deputy federal chairman of the CDU Julia Klöckner, Chairwoman of and Deputy Federal CDU Chairwoman Armin Laschet, Chairman of and deputy CDU federal chairman Ursula von der Leyen, acting Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs and Deputy Federal Chairwoman of the CDU Thomas Strobl, Chairman of CDU Baden-Württemberg and deputy CDU federal chairman Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister-President of Saarland and Chairwoman of the Christine Lieberknecht, Minister-President of Thuringia and Chairwoman of the Stanislaw Tillich,Minister-President of Saxony and Chairman of Peter Altmaier, acting Federal Environment Minister Thomas de Maizière, acting Federal Minister of Defence Maria Böhmer, Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery and Wolfgang Schäuble, acting Federal Minister of Finance Michael Kretschmer, deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag and chairman of the Saxony state group of the CDU Katherina Reiche, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Johanna Wanka, Acting Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health Michael Grosse-Brömer, First Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag Peter Hintze, Vice President of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert, President of the Bundestag Karl-Josef Laumann, Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Philipp Mißfelder, Federal Chairman of the Young Union and foreign policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Herbert Reul, Chairman of the CDU/CSU Group in the European Parliament Jens Spahn, Health Policy Spokesperson of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group
CSU
Horst Seehofer, CSU Chairman and Bavarian Minister-President Gerda Hasselfeldt, Chairwoman of the CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag Barbara Stamm, President of the Landtag of Bavaria and Deputy Chairwoman of the CSU Alexander Dobrindt, General Secretary of the CSU , Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs and Regional Relations and Deputy Chairwoman of the CSU Peter Ramsauer, acting Federal Minister of Transport and Deputy Chairman of the CSU Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence and Deputy Chairman of the CSU Hans-Peter Friedrich, Acting Federal Minister of the Interior and Acting Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner, Deputy Minister-President 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 , parliamentary group leader of the CSU in the Landtag of Bavaria Gerd Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Hartmut Koschyk, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance Andreas Scheuer, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development Emilia Müller, Bavarian State Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Family and Integration Dorothee Bär, Member of the Bundestag and Deputy General Secretary of the CSU Markus Söder, Bavarian State Minister of Finance, Regional Development and Home Affairs Joachim Herrmann, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior
SPD
Sigmar Gabriel, SPD Chairman Hannelore Kraft, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Chairwoman of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of Hamburg, head of the SPD Hamburg and deputy chairman of the SPD Andrea Nahles, General Secretary of the SPD Barbara Hendricks, Federal Treasurer of the SPD Thomas Oppermann, First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group, Chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee and Commissioner for Domestic Policy 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 Affairs Officer of the SPD Manuela Schwesig, Minister for Labour, Equality and Social Affairs in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deputy Federal Chairwoman of the SPD and Commissioner for Women's and Family Policy, Reconstruction East, Demography and Inclusion in the competence team of the failed SPD Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin and Deputy Chairman of the SPD Peer Steinbrück, former Federal Finance Minister and failed SPD Chancellor candidate Torsten Albig, Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Jens Böhrnsen, President of the Bremen Senate and Bremen Senator for Culture and Senator for Church Affairs Malu Dreyer, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Erwin Sellering, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Chairman of the Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony and Chairman of the Dietmar Woidke, Minister-President of Brandenburg and Chairman of the Katrin Budde, Chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt and Chairwoman of the Martin Dulig, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Saxon State Parliament and Chairman of the Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian State Parliament, Chairman of the and SPD candidate for the office of Hessian Minister-President Nils Schmid, Baden-Württemberg State Minister for Finance and Economics, Deputy Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg and Chairman of the Doris Ahnen, Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister for Education, Science, Continuing Education and Culture Ralf Stegner, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament and chairman of the 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 Federal Chairwoman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women Iris Gleicke, Parliamentary Managing Director of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Eva Högl, Member of the Bundestag Christine Lambrecht, Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD Parliamentary Group Brigitte Zypries, former Federal Minister of Justice, legal advisor to the SPD parliamentary group and commissioner for consumer protection in the competence team of the failed SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück
Working groups Twelve working groups and four sub-working groups were formed. Each working group was headed by a member of the CDU/CSU and a member of the SPD.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Cooperation Chairpersons: Thomas de Maizière (CDU) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD)
Other members
CDU
Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the Bundestag Philipp Mißfelder, Federal Chairman of the Young Union and foreign policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Henning Otte, Member of the Bundestag Sibylle Pfeiffer, Vice Chair of the Bundestag Committee on 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 of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Elmar Brok, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
CSU
Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence and Deputy Chairman of the CSU Peter Gauweiler, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag , State Secretary for Finance in the Bavarian State Cabinet Dagmar Wöhrl, Chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development
SPD
Gernot Erler, Deputy Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group Rolf Mützenich, foreign policy spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group Rainer Arnold, defence policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Sascha Raabe, spokesman for the working group on economic cooperation and development of the SPD parliamentary group and member of the extended SPD parliamentary group executive committee Karin Evers-Meyer, former Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Relating to Persons with Disabilities and Member of the Bundestag , President of "" and Diakonie Disaster Relief, Commissioner for Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid in the competence team of the failed SPD Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück , spokesperson for the working group on human rights and humanitarian aid of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
Finance, budget and federal-state (municipal) financial relations Chairpersons: 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 executive board of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, spokesperson for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) policy of the parliamentary group and chairman of the parliamentary group for SMEs of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Thomas Schäfer, Finance Minister of Hesse , Finance Minister 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