The leaders of the Social Democrats, Greens and the Free Democrats met in Berlin to officially sign their three-party coalition deal,
DW reports.
Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) signed a coalition agreement with the leaders of the environmentalist Green Party and the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) in a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday.
The move comes a day after the Greens voted to approve the coalition deal, the last party to do so.
Germany's incoming chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is due to be elected and sworn in as Angela Merkel's successor this week.
DW's chief political editor Michaela Kuefner noted that with the signing of the coalition deal, "this is the moment the post-Merkel Era begins for real."
Scholz said his first trip outside of Germany as chancellor will be to Paris and Brussels - emphasizing the new government's push to ensure "Europe is strong and sovereign."
He was notably less direct when asked to clarify his policy towards China, instead saying that working with the EU and the US would be the most immediate priorities.
