SPD Faces Hurdle on Prospect of Joining Merkel Coalition
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Elections in three days augur a second campaign for Germany’s Social Democratic leaders: persuading their rank and file to join as Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners.
The SPD has scheduled a meeting of 200 party members on Sept. 27 to decide how to proceed with coalition talks with its traditional rivals that would ensue if Merkel and her current allies, the Free Democrats, fail to win a majority.