Merkel Gets Energy Deal as Self-Imposed Coalition Deadline Nears
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc and the Social Democrats stitched together an agreement on renewable energy as the parties close in on a self-imposed deadline to draft a coalition accord by the end of the month.
The weekend deal on one of Merkel’s third-term priorities gives fresh impetus to a meeting at 3 p.m. in Berlin today of 75 negotiators from her Christian Democratic Union, its CSU Bavarian sister party and the Social Democrats. The talks are the first “open-ended” round, without a fixed finishing time, as negotiators forge a common platform for government.