Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) urged his fellow members on Thursday (7 December) to enter into coalition talks with chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to form a grand coalition.
Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament, urged his party to push for the creation of a "United States of Europe" by 2025.
The SPD party congress on Thursday will decide whether the Social Democrats will join forces with Merkel once again, despite fears ...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.