"Germany is back on track," but the new government faces a huge challenge.

"Is this a love match?" asked Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder on Wednesday in Berlin during the presentation of the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Social Democrats to govern Germany for the next four years. Söder, who also leads the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), immediately shrugged, his gaze shifting to Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and future chancellor of Germany, and Lars Klingbeil, chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).