Merkel courts Germany’s skittish SPD as talks open on government | Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) held their first formal talks on forming a government with Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Wednesday, more than two months after the national election that plunged Europe’s largest economy into unaccustomed uncertainty. Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz and parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles attend a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschMerkel, weakened by heavy election losses to the far-right and then by the collapse last month of talks on a three-way alliance, is pinning her hopes on the SPD for a fourth term as chancellor and to avoid new elections

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