Reuters, Berlin :
Germany’s would-be coalition partners continued talks on Friday after all-night negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives saying they would compromise further on climate change policies to secure a deal.
The conservatives, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens remained divided on climate policy and immigration, but agreed to press on past their self-imposed deadline into the weekend.
Party leaders on Friday discussed their different stances on foreign, defense, trade and European policy in various formats and they were expected to continue on Saturday, haggling about climate protection, immigration, transport and agriculture.
Speaking to reporters when she arrived for the talks in the morning, Merkel said: “I go into these negotiations with the intention, despite all the difficulties, of carrying out the task voters gave us of forming a coalition… It will be tough, but it’s worth going into round two.”
Germany’s would-be coalition partners continued talks on Friday after all-night negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives saying they would compromise further on climate change policies to secure a deal.
The conservatives, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens remained divided on climate policy and immigration, but agreed to press on past their self-imposed deadline into the weekend.
Party leaders on Friday discussed their different stances on foreign, defense, trade and European policy in various formats and they were expected to continue on Saturday, haggling about climate protection, immigration, transport and agriculture.
Speaking to reporters when she arrived for the talks in the morning, Merkel said: “I go into these negotiations with the intention, despite all the difficulties, of carrying out the task voters gave us of forming a coalition… It will be tough, but it’s worth going into round two.”
