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Urgent: Germany's Union Party, Social Democrats agree to start grand coalition talks

Xinhua,December 01, 2017 Adjust font size:

BERLIN, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Union Party and the Social Democratic Party led by Martin Schulz have agreed to start exploratory talks for a new grand coalition government, local daily Bild reported on Friday. Enditem