Merkel strikes pragmatic tone in push for coalition with SPD
'People expect their problems to be solved, and we believe that the best way to achieve that is by forming a stable government.'
(Bloomberg) German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a conciliatory tone toward the Social Democrats as she invited them to begin talks on securing a stable government capable of tackling the challenges facing Europe’s biggest economy.
Speaking at the headquarters of her Christian Democratic Union party in Berlin, Merkel lobbied the reluctant SPD to renew an alliance. To underscore the need for a government with a majority in the Bundestag, she rattled off a series of urgent issues including Brexit, European integration proposals from French President Emmanuel Macron as well as strained relations with Russia and the US.
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