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> The previous ruling coalition was also center-left.

That's not true. Maybe center-left compared to US politics.

CDU is a center catch-all party, and SPD is a left party. Which part is not true? I wasn't referring to US politics, this is a thread about Germany.

Why does everything list CDU as a catch-all for centre-right then? It's even on the wiki.

Well historically Christian-Democrats (not only in Germany) tended to be centrist or even left leaning economically.

That's not been true for the CDU for at least three decades.