
Will Germany’s Social Democrats Take One More Chance on a Grand Coalition?
BERLIN—Germany is getting another grand coalition. At least, that’s what the country’s political leaders hope is about to happen.
After a bruising round of negotiations that went days over deadline, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, or CDU, struck a deal last week with the center-left Social Democrats, the SPD, to extend the coalition that has governed Germany for the past four years. SPD members could still scuttle the deal, though. The 443,000 members have final say over whether the party will enter the agreement, with the results of their vote by mail set to be released in early March. ...