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Germany: Merkel welcomes SPD decision to join Grand Coalition talks with CDU/CSU
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21.01.2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) decision, after a party congress of the SPD gave the green light to negotiate a new Grand Coalition with Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) parties, during a press conference in Berlin, Sunday.
"Tomorrow, we will discuss our negotiation strategy between the Union parties CDU/CSU and then, very quickly, we will start joint talks with the Social Democrats. In this sense, there is still a lot of work to do," said Merkel.
The vote took place during an extraordinary SPD conference in the former West German capital of Bonn. After hours long debates, 362 out of 645 delegates voted in favour of coalition talks with Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc. The decision is supposed to bring Germany a step closer to forming a new government.
The results of the vote were 362 for and 279 against, with one abstention.
"Tomorrow, we will discuss our negotiation strategy between the Union parties CDU/CSU and then, very quickly, we will start joint talks with the Social Democrats. In this sense, there is still a lot of work to do," said Merkel.
The vote took place during an extraordinary SPD conference in the former West German capital of Bonn. After hours long debates, 362 out of 645 delegates voted in favour of coalition talks with Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc. The decision is supposed to bring Germany a step closer to forming a new government.
The results of the vote were 362 for and 279 against, with one abstention.
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