Members of Germany's conservative (CDU/CSU) parties arrive for preliminary coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the Parliamentary Society in Berlin October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) said early on Tuesday they were likely to hold a third round of talks later this week to explore the possibility of forming a coalition government.
After eight hours of discussions, Hermann Groehe, second-in-command of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), said they had "protectively" agreed to meet again on Thursday to discuss reviving the 2005-2009 'grand coalition' with the SPD.
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