Germany's SPD Approves Exploratory Talks on Merkel Govt.
Germany's Social Democrats, the country's second strongest party, agreed Thursday to kick off exploratory talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives that could lead to a new coalition government early next year.
The center-left SPD motion said the "open-ended" talks set to start next week could lead to either a new right-left "grand coalition," the toleration of a Merkel minority government or, if negotiations fail, new elections.
Source: Agence France Presse
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