"After a historical victory on September 22nd for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party and sister party CSU, talks have moved slowly on a deal to create a coalition government with either the socialists SDP or the Greens.
The September elections left Merkel without a majority after winning only 311 of the 631 seats in the Bundestag (Germany's lower house) meaning that a coalition should be agreed with either the SDP (193 seats) or the Greens (63 seats).
Preliminary talks held last week with both opposition parties did not lead to any conclusive agreements.
Merkel is supposed to meet with SPD on Monday at 15:00, but the socialists have insisted on implementing a minimum wage, which CDU has repeatedly rejected.
Some experts think Merkel may be maintaining contact with the Greens simply to put pressure on talks with SPD''.
Source: LiveCharts
Neither of the two opposition parties are keen on forming a coalition with Merkel after SPD's popularity was damaged by a prior 2005-2009 coalition and the Chancellor's prior allies Free Democrats lost so many votes that they are no longer represented in Parliament".
The September elections left Merkel without a majority after winning only 311 of the 631 seats in the Bundestag (Germany's lower house) meaning that a coalition should be agreed with either the SDP (193 seats) or the Greens (63 seats).
Preliminary talks held last week with both opposition parties did not lead to any conclusive agreements.
Merkel is supposed to meet with SPD on Monday at 15:00, but the socialists have insisted on implementing a minimum wage, which CDU has repeatedly rejected.
Some experts think Merkel may be maintaining contact with the Greens simply to put pressure on talks with SPD''.
Source: LiveCharts
Neither of the two opposition parties are keen on forming a coalition with Merkel after SPD's popularity was damaged by a prior 2005-2009 coalition and the Chancellor's prior allies Free Democrats lost so many votes that they are no longer represented in Parliament".
