The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Martin Schulz, urged his party to push for the creation of a "United States of Europe" and keep open the option of helping Chancellor Angela Merkel form a new government, Business Day reports.
Schulz urged members of the centre-left SPD to be open to Merkel’s overtures to renew the coalition that has governed for the past four years, saying the party had a responsibility to revive social democracy in Germany.
"The question isn’t grand coalition or no grand coalition," he said, "Nor minority government or fresh elections. No — it’s about how we exercise our responsibility, including to the next generation."