German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is optimistic of forming a coalition government after almost four months of political uncertainty since the country's federal elections, Al Jazeera reports.
Talks between the country's two major parties - Merkel's Christian Democrat alliance (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) - to form a new ruling coalition resumed in the capital, Berlin, on Sunday.
"I think we can do it. We will work very quickly, very intensively. That’s what we set out to do," Merkel told reporters.