BERLIN, Nov 27: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) made a breakthrough early Yesterday in talks about forming a “grand coalition” government, two top conservative politicians said on their Twitter accounts.
Germany’s two biggest political forces negotiated through the night and reached a breakthrough at about 0930 ist said senior Merkel lawmaker Michael Grosse-Broemer and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the conservative premier of Saarland state.
Two months after Merkel’s election victory and a month after coalition talks began, the agreement, if confirmed, would enable her to firm a government by Christmas – if the SPD gets approval in a vote among more than 474,000 party members.
The party leaders are expected to present details of a deal at a news conference on Wednesday, the deadline set by Merkel. But they may wait two more weeks to announce the allocation of cabinet posts.
(AGENCIES)
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