Merkel’s CDU eyes continuation of grand coalition with Social Democrats
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel’ conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has greenlighted talks aimed at reviving the so-called grand coalition with rival Social Democratic Party (SPD), news agency Reuters reports. A renewal of the coalition between the country’s two largest parties is seen as the only politically viable option to prevent a minority government or new elections after the failure of talks between the conservatives, the pro-business FDP and the environmentalist Green Party. The SPD initially rejected a continuation of the grand coalition but now finds itself “under intense pressure to preserve stability,” the article says.
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See 91tv’s Coalition Watch and the article Government gridlock – can Germany still act on climate? for more information.