German centre-left party ponders new coalition with Angela Merkel

Supporters and opponents of a new alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel are making their case to members of Germany’s main centre-left party, who will decide this weekend whether to negotiate a new governing coalition.

Supporters and opponents of a new alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel are making their case to members of Germany’s main centre-left party, who will decide this weekend whether to negotiate a new governing coalition.

Mrs Merkel’s Union bloc and leaders of the centre-left Social Democrats last week reached a preliminary deal to open formal coalition negotiations.