Tag: Social Democrats

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Merkel stands firm in the terms agreed for the coalition with Social Democrats

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on Wednesday ruled out further political concessions in the preliminary coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) and German Social Democrats (SPD).

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 04:01 UTC

  Merkel queen of the hill: strong support for stance on heavily indebted countries

  

  Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has nudged higher, an opinion poll showed, but the weakness of two smaller parties highlights the trouble she may face building another centre-right coalition after Germany's 2013 election.