Great Coalition (Weimar Republic)

The Great Coalition (German: Große Koalition, 13 August – 30 November 1923) was a grand coalition during the Weimar Republic that was made up of the four main pro-democratic parties in the Reichstag: The Social Democratic Party (SPD), a moderate socialist party The Centre Party, a centre-right Catholic party The German Democratic Party (DDP), a liberal middle-class party The German People's Party (DVP), a centre-right party led by Gustav Stresemann The first effort to form such a union was made after 1920 election by DVP Reichstag leader Rudolf Heinze; the SPD refused to join, due to some DVP deputies lack of condemnation of the Kapp Putsch. Joseph Wirth attempted to form a Great Coalition in an attempt the save the Second Wirth Cabinet in November 1922 but this attempt failed when the DVP’s Hugo Stinnes demanded a change to the eight-hour work day and called for overtime work without overtime pay; this led the SPD to refuse to join, and Wirth was forced to resign.

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