Senior party officials said on Tuesday that the three parties negotiating to form Germany’s next government coalition have made progress and hope to deliver a coalition agreement next week.
Speaking to reporters on the margins of negotiations in Berlin, Michael Kellner, a senior Greens legislator, indicated that talks would continue this week and next, adding, “Thoroughness comes before speed.”
Lars Klingbeil, general secretary of the center-left Social Democrats, and Volker Wissing, general secretary of the business-friendly Free Democrats, both reinforced the upbeat message that a coalition arrangement was within reach.