Coalition talks

Merkel kicks off make-or-break bid for new German government

Talks with Social Democratic Party seek to end three months of post-election stalemate

bloomberg

07.01.2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she's hopeful that make-or-break talks to renew her governing alliance with the Social Democratic Party will succeed, while cautioning that much work is needed for a deal that opens the door to her fourth term.

With Europe's dominant country and biggest economy stuck in more than three months of post-election stalemate, the acting chancellor's Christian Democratic-led bloc and the rival SPD began exploratory talks on Sunday amid a growing sense that their political futures are at stake.