Martin Schulz
Germany’s SPD to vote on coalition talks with Merkel’s conservatives
The move aims to bring Europe’s economic powerhouse one step closer to a stable government.
Angela Merkel risks leading weak coalition of ‘losers’ for Germany: analysts
Merkel, often called world's most powerful woman, will embark on 4th term with diminished influence and little vision for Europe's future.
‘Big obstacles’ still in way of Germany coalition deal: Merkel
September's inconclusive elections left Merkel without a majority for a fourth term and struggling to find partners to govern with.
Anger brewing in German SPD against Merkel power pact
Schulz consented to “open-ended” talks that may or may not allow Merkel to lead another GroKo government from sometime in early 2018.
Cobbling up coalition challenge for Chancellor
Merkel faces tough task of bringing together divergent parties FDP, Greens to form majority government.
German Chancellor Merkel, rival Schulz spar over Turkey in TV election debate
But polls following the 90-minute showdown gave Merkel the clear edge over Schulz, a former European Parliament chief.
Germany: SPD chief Martin Schulz acknowledges defeat in national elections
Schulz's SPD won just 31.2 percent of the votes, well below the 39.1 percent it garnered five years ago, final results showed.
Angela Merkel's conservatives win election in center-left rivals' heartland
Media showed Merkel's Christian Democratic Union beating the Social Democrats by 33 percent or more to around 31 percent.