Now playing Next Germany Last chance for German coalition talks to begin Chancellor Angela Merkel says her conservative bloc and the Social Democrats still had difficult obstacles to clear before they could agree to enter coalition talks 11/01/2018
Now playing Next Germany Germany's Merkel battles for survival in 'last-ditch' talks with SPD The CDU-CSU are in preliminary talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) in what some are labelling a last chance to form a stable coalition in Germany. 08/01/2018
Now playing Next Germany Germany's would-be coalition partners optimistic before talks The coming days could prove decisive for Angela Merkel's future as chancellor. 03/01/2018
Now playing Next Germany Car driver rams SPD party's Berlin HQ In an apparent suicide attack, a man has rammed a car into the Berlin headquarters of Germany's SPD headquarters 25/12/2017