Merkel Set for Talks to Bridge Differences: Policy Guide
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Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with leaders of the opposition Social Democrats today in a bid to lay the ground for a new German government, 12 days after she won her party’s best election victory since 1990.
Merkel is due to join top officials from her Christian Democratic Union and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, at 1 p.m. in Berlin to hold exploratory talks with the SPD on a possible coalition. Merkel’s bloc also meet Green party officials on Oct. 10, though leaders of the CDU/CSU have said they prefer to govern with the Social Democrats.