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Coalition with Merkel approved by German Social Democrat members after months of uncertainty - media ‘Grand coalition’ with Merkel approved by German Social Democrat members after months of uncertainty
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The vote would pave the way for a re-run of the "grand coalition" that has governed Germany since 2013, putting an end to more than four months of political uncertainty in Europe's largest economy. German’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to form a grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the CDU, after months of political uncertainty.
Some 66 percent of the SPD members approved entering a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU), the social democrats’ official confirmed on Sunday after a postal ballot.
“We now have clarity,” SPD chief Olaf Schols announced in the party’s HQ in Berlin. He added that he'll work on putting a cabinet together this week.
The stalemate to form a government has lasted for months, following the September 24 general election. The "grand coalition" has governed Germany since 2013.
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