Final day of talks on possible German government coalition

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, arrives for exploratory talks about a new German government between her Christian Unions block and the Social Democratic Party at the SPD headquarters in Berlin, Thursday. Markus Schreiber — The Associated Press

By David Rising, The Associated Press

Posted: 01/11/18, 10:01 AM EST | Updated: 53 secs ago

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BERLIN >> Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed confidence Thursday that her conservative Union bloc would be able to find enough common ground with the center-left Social Democrats to move toward formal coalition talks.