While the result leaves the SPD in pole position to form a government, conservative leader Armin Laschet has also vowed to begin coalition talks in a last-ditch effort to keep the ailing CDU-CSU in power. READ ALSO: German parties meet as coalition haggling beginsThe SPD held talks with the FDP, described as “very constructive” by the Social Democrats’ general secretary Lars Klingbeil in a statement afterwards. The SPD subsequently had talks with the Greens, while their rivals, the CDU-CSU, also met with the FDP on Sunday evening. Scholz narrowly won last week’s vote, but the conservatives have not given up yet and are also starting coalition talks. READ ALSO: What you need to know about Germany’s upcoming coalition talksREAD ALSO: ‘We lost’: CDU’s Laschet faces calls to resign over German election disaster

Source: The Local October 03, 2021 18:33 UTC