Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel arrives at the Baden-Wuerttemberg State Representation office for exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt Reuters
DW: German elections: FDP calls off preliminary coalition talks
Germany's Free Democrats have called off coalition talks with Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU and the Greens. FDP head Christian Lindner has said that, after weeks of negotiations, the parties could not find a "basis of trust."
Germany will not be ruled by a so-called Jamaica coalition made up of Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU bloc, the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP), after talks collapsed late on Sunday night.
FDP head Christian Lindner announced that his party had walked out of the negotiations, saying "it is better not to govern than to govern badly." He added that the parties had failed to agree on a vision of how modernize Germany.
In remains unclear where this leaves Angela Merkel and her prospects of forming a new government. Her conservatives could choose to enter talks with just the Greens to form a minority government, or she may try to convince Social Democrats (SPD) in joining her to form a second consecutive grand coalition.
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