Germany in search of government, Merkel resumes negotiations with Schulz

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has launched a new round of talks trying to end the stalemate that has paralysed the country's political life.

More than three months after the elections, Germany continues to remain without a new government, because the previous efforts to establish a coalition have failed by pushing the Chancellor back into the Social Democrats.

The 5-day talks will include the very latter, Merkel's Christian Democrats and the sister party, the Social Democrat Union CSU.

Many experts see this as Merkel's last chance of creating a stable coalition. The centre-left SPD has co-governed with the centre-right Chancellor's party for eight years, but the extremely poor outcome in the September elections forced its leader Martin Schulz to pledge that he will leave the political force he leads in opposition.

“I believe the talks can succeed”, Merkel said, as she arrived at SPD headquarters in Berlin.

I'm going to these talks with optimism, it's really clear that in these few days we have a big job ahead of us, but we're willing to get this job and achieve a good 87x1>, she added, broadcast the Oranews.

Merkel now needs to convince social-democrat leaders that they have enough common goals to officially launch coalition negotiations from March or April.

With the statement issued to reporters before the Schulz meeting, a window of hope opened. He said he would not set red lines and that new times require new policies, thus suggesting that the area for compromise is not lacking.

From these discussions, even Germany's EU allies, who see the country as the pillar of stability in the European bloc, have turned their eyes on.

By Friday of next week, the main parties such as the Christian Democrat CDU and Christianist CSU and the Social Democrat Party, the SPD want to create clarity if party leaders recommend the party's entry into coalition talks.

Social Democrat leader also needs approval of the party base to start coalition talks with conservatives. The vote will take place on January 21st in Bonn.