Germany's Social Democrats Party Votes For Formal Coalition Talks With Merkel
It's a vital step to ending a nearly four-month long political crisis in Germany after last September's elections failed to give any party a majority.
by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Jan 21, 2018
1 minute
After five hours of uncharacteristic sniping and emotion, Germany's Social Democrats at a party congress in Bonn on Sunday voted 362-279 to enter into formal talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel to form a new
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