( Was besten fur Deutscher? Nicht die Rot-Gelb-Grune-Blau-Schwarz Mischgenationisten!   CDH)  Germany's Merkel embarks on new talks to form government

GEIR MOULSON
Associated PressJanuary 7, 2018

German chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a statement in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarked Sunday on talks with the center-left Social Democrats on forming a new government, with leaders stressing the need for speed as they attempt to break an impasse more than three months after the country's election. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarked Sunday on talks with the center-left Social Democrats on forming a new government, with leaders stressing the need for speed as they attempt to break an impasse more than three months after the country's election.

Leaders aim to decide by Friday whether there's enough common ground to move on to formal coalition negotiations. Whatever the result, it will be a while yet before a new administration is in place to end what is already post-World War II Germany's longest effort to put together a new government.

WHY IS THERE AN IMPASSE?

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