SPD questions whether Germany's CDU can compromise to form government

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2025-02-24

Berlin (dpa) - Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc on Monday faced the prospect of delicate negotiations with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), as an SPD leader wondered whether Merz could compromise on issues important to his party. "It is unclear whether Friedrich Merz is prepared to budge in many areas where we as the SPD want solutions for citizens," Lars Klingbeil, the SPD's chairman, told public broadcaster ARD on Monday evening. "The......

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