Topic summary
Second Merkel cabinet
- 2009 German federal election
- Second Merkel cabinet
- Energiewende
- Bundeswehr reform
- German response to the Greek debt crisis
- 2013 German federal election
- Third Merkel cabinet
- NSA surveillance
- Normandy Format
- 41st G7 summit
- National minimum wage
- Migrant crisis (Willkommenskultur) (Wir schaffen das)
- Introduction of same-sex marriage
The Second Merkel cabinet (German: Kabinett Merkel II) was the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 17th legislative session of the Bundestag. Installed after the 2009 federal election, it left office on 17 December 2013. It was preceded by the first Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the third Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
The cabinet served as a caretaker government following the elections on 22 September 2013; which saw the removal of the Free Democratic Party from the Bundestag. Negotiations between the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) took place to form a new cabinet.