Germany's SPD ready for talks to end coalition deadlock
(VOVWORLD) - Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Friday to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on renewing their outgoing coalition government, but pledged that party members would have the final say on any deal.
 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and SPD leader Martin Schulz (Source: AFP/VNA) |
SPD leader Martin Schulz told a news conference the party leadership had reached the decision out of a sense of responsibility to Germany and Europe after Merkel’s attempt to form a government with the pro-business Free Democrats and environmental Greens smaller parties collapsed on Sunday.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host a meeting with Schulz, Merkel and Horst Seehofer, leader of the CDU’s arch-conservative Bavarian sister party, next Thursday.