Friedrich Merz, who is expected to be elected Chancellor of Germany tomorrow, said he would change the situation in the country for the better. He made the statement during the signing of the coalition agreement in Berlin, DPA reported, BTA reported.
"I am sure that we will achieve success in governing the country from day one - with strength, planning and trust", Merz said at the ceremony for the ratification of the agreement between his Christian Democratic Union, the Bavarian Christian Social Union and the center-left German Social Democratic Party (SPD).
The Bundestag is expected to elect Merz as Chancellor of Germany tomorrow, after his center-right alliance, consisting of the CDU and CSU, won parliamentary elections in late February.
The 69-year-old politician said that the incoming government would implement the policies set out in the text of the 144-page coalition agreement to "change the situation in Germany for the better".
The co-chair of the SPD's Lars Klingbeil, who is expected to be vice chancellor and finance minister, also said the new government would get to work quickly to achieve economic growth, invest in the future and improve the security situation.
Given the changing world order, the new German government would "act with responsibility, clarity, achievements and a coalition agreement that will move our country forward," Klingbeil added.
Similar statements were made by CSU leader Markus Söder, who said Germany's partners should know that Germany is "ready to take responsibility" under their new leadership.
Together, the three parties have 328 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag, with Merz needing an absolute majority of 316 votes to replace outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz tomorrow.
Once Merz is elected and the cabinet is sworn in, the new government will be able to start working, six months after Scholz's three-party ruling coalition collapsed and early elections were due.
The new government has a long list of challenges to deal with - from economic and infrastructure difficulties to the threat to European security from Russia and the unpredictable US President Donald Trump, DPA notes.
Germany will also have to work on the sensitive issue of how to proceed with the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which came second in February's election and was declared a "proven extremist" organization by counterintelligence.