Germany's Merkel agrees coalition with Social Democrats
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday agreed to form a coalition government with campaign rivals the Social Democrats, two months after her conservatives won elections but fell short of a full majority.
(AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday agreed to form a coalition government with campaign rivals the Social Democrats, two months after her conservatives won elections but fell short of a full majority.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), their Bavarian allies the CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) agreed the deal after marathon talks lasting 17 hours before bleary-eyed party leaders formally presented it to a meeting of some 75 delegates from all three parties.
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