CDU, SPD And CSU Meet Over Possible Coalition Government

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel (L) arrives with Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria and leader of the Bavarian Christian Democrats (CSU) for a meeting of the CDU, the Bavarian Christian Democrats (CSU) and the German Social Democrats (SPD) with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on November 30, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The party leaders are meeting over the possible creation of a coalition government. The CDU and CSU had most recently tried to form a coalition with the German Greens Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), though those efforts collapsed after three weeks of arduous talks. (Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images)