A general overview shows members of Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Germany's conservative (CDU/CSU) parties before the start of coalition talks in Berlin. November 11, 2013. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
BERLIN (Reuters) - German parties negotiating a coalition deal have recommended holding nationwide referendums for major decisions on Europe in what would be a dramatic shift in policy, but Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to quash the proposal.
The idea was spelled out in a document put together by one of the working groups discussing policy compromises to enable a government between Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).
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