Merkel Goes Back to Work as German Rivals Open Door to Coalition
- Schulz says party members would have to vote on backing Merkel
- Germany still seeking a new government two months after ballot
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her European Union partners it’s business as usual again as she returned to the international stage and the Social Democratic opposition leader opened the door to a governing coalition for the bloc’s biggest economy.
Pressure has been mounting on SPD head Martin Schulz to drop his opposition to an alliance with Merkel, after her efforts to form a government with three other parties collapsed on Sunday, raising the prospect of an unprecedented repeat election and months of political drift in Europe’s biggest economy.