Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Angela Merkel's conservatives to hold exploratory Grand Coalition talks with Social Democrats in January

Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats have agreed to start talks on forming a government on January 7. The exploratory talks should end by January 12, they said in a joint statement.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), their Bavarian sister-party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) announced on Wednesday that they will start exploratory coalition talks in early January.

The heads of the CDU/CSU and the SPD said in a joint statement that they will meet to begin talks on January 7 and are hoping for a quick finish the exploratory talks just a few days later on January 12.

In their statement, which came after seven hours of talks in Berlin, said discussions had been conducted in a "trusting atmosphere" - Read More, DW

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