SPD, CDU And CSU Hold Preliminary Coalition Talks

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 07: Martin Schulz (R), head of the German Social Democrats (SPD), welcomes German Chancellor and head of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel after the arrival at the headquarters of the German Social Democrats (SPD) for preliminary coalition negotiations on January 7, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of the CDU, the SPD and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) are holding preliminary talks in order to ascertain whether coalition negotiations towards the creation of a government will be possible. Previous talks between the CDU, CSU, the German Free Democrats (FDP) and the German Greens Party collapsed in failure last November. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)