Germany: In Coalition Talks, One Barrier Breached and Many More to Come

When it comes to the process of forming a ruling coalition in Germany's federal assembly, the Bundestag, the first step for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is reaching an agreement with its Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), on the issue of migration policy. On Oct. 9, Merkel announced in a press conference that the two groups had done exactly that....