Merkel Encourages Compromises At End of Coalition Talks
- 7 years ago
On Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged party leaders negotiating a tricky three-way coalition government to show more willingness to compromise. This as support for her conservative bloc plunged to the lowest level in more than six years.
Merkel’s conservatives bled support to the far-right Alternative for Germany in a Sept. 24 election. They are trying to forge an alliance with the pro-market Free Democrats and the left-leaning Greens which is untested at the national level.
Three weeks of exploratory talks have commenced. Despite this, the unlikely partners still have to overcome differences over climate protection, energy, transport, immigration and euro zone policy.