German SPD leader wants Merkel to relinquish finance ministry - Handelsblatt

Reuters reports the latest news published in the German business daily, Handelsblatt, citing that Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz wants Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Conservatives Party to leave the Finance Ministry to his center-left party in coalition talks.

Schulz was quoted as saying, “the goal is (to get) the Federal Finance Ministry.”

Merkel’s Conservatives and the SPD are expected to meet next Wednesday to discuss the timetable and agenda of exploratory talks which will not start in serious before early January.