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German parties put together deal for new ‘grand coalition’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre), Bavarian governor Horst Seehofer (left) and Social Democratic Party chairman Martin Schulz
CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) sealed a preliminary agreement on a new coalition today.
SPD leader Martin Schulz, who had previously ruled out cobbling together another “grand coalition,” said that the terms of the deal represented “outstanding results.”
However, Mr Schulz still needs to win over a special party congress on January 21 and win a ballot of all SPD members.
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