The prospective partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel's next government broke an impasse in coalition talks Tuesday, reaching a consensus over migrants' right to bring close relatives to Germany. Merkel's conservative Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats hope to conclude coalition talks Sunday. The Social Democrats are seeking to revisit compromises on some issues already reached in preliminary talks in order to make them more palatable to their membership. Volker Kauder, the head of Merkel's Union bloc in parliament, said the conservatives' plans on migration had prevailed and "we are satisfied with this solution." Once a coalition agreement is finalized, the Social Democrats' full membership needs to approve it before the new government can be formed.

Source: ABC News January 30, 2018 11:54 UTC