German election: Parties under pressure to kick start coalition talks

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By Euronews with AP, AFP  •  Updated: 28/09/2021 – 15:33

Pressure grew for a quick start to talks on Germany’s next government as newly-elected lawmakers held their first meetings on Tuesday.

The narrow winners of Sunday’s election, the centre-left Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz, underlined their hopes of a quick start to coalition talks

The SPD was in a “grand coalition” with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right Union bloc in the last government but neither formation is keen to renew the power-sharing deal.