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Newshour: Germany Coalition: Merkel Courts SPD as Pivotal Talks Begin

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Germany Coalition: Merkel Courts SPD as Pivotal Talks Begin

07/01/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Germany Coalition: Merkel Courts SPD as Pivotal Talks Begin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins coalition talks with the Social Democrats

German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins coalition talks with the Social Democrats.

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says she's optimistic she will be able to reach agreement with the centre-left Social Democrats who represent her last hope of forming a coalition government.

Also in the programme: Three years on - France remembers the Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Rohingya militant group claims responsibility for an attack on a Burmese army truck.

Picture: Martin Schulz, head of the German Social Democrats, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel for preliminary talks. Credit: Getty Images

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