German coalition deal reached: Top SPD negotiators

February 07 2018 12:53:52

German coalition deal reached: Top SPD negotiators

BERLIN - Reuters

Top Social Democrat (SPD) negotiators said on Feb. 7 via social media that they had reached a deal with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on forming a new coalition government.

In a message posted alongside a photo of SPD leader Martin Schulz and other SPD negotiators smiling, the SPD negotiators wrote: "Tired but happy. There is a treaty! Finally. Now the final details are being worked into the text. Then the 35 SPD negotiators will assess it.”

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