Members of Germany's center-left Social Democrats aired differences Tuesday over whether to renew their governing coalition with conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, while the right of migrants to bring relatives to Germany resurfaced as a potential sticking point. The "grand coalition" of Germany's biggest parties is unpopular with many Social Democrats, and leader Martin Schulz has promised a membership ballot on any coalition deal. Michael Roth, a deputy foreign minister, argued that the Social Democrats should enter a new coalition for the sake of efforts to reform the European Union, championed by French President Emmanuel Macron. The head of the Social Democrats' youth wing, meanwhile, renewed a call to rule out entering a "grand coalition." The Social Democrats also want migrants' families to be allowed to come.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2017 08:06 UTC