Germany´s SPD is ready for talks to end coalition deadlock
(The Guardian Germany)

But party leader Martin Schulz, who is opposed to alliance with Merkel´s CDU, wants members to be polled on the issueMartin Schulz, the leader of Germany´s Social Democratic party, has said he will not stand in the way of his party forming a `grand coalition` with Angela Merkel´s conservatives, signalling a potential end to a lengthy deadlock over the formation of a new German government.Schulz, who has persistently expressed his opposition to the continuation of a left-wing conservative alliance, insisting German voters had clearly shown their opposition to it at elections on 24 September when they delivered the SPD its worst result since the second world war, has said he wants party members to be polled on the issue first. Related: Collapse of German coalition talks underlines Merkel`s weaknesses Continue reading...