FILE PHOTO: New SPD party leaders Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken react during a congress of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives sharply criticised attempts by the Social Democrats (SPD) to push their ruling coalition to the left, accusing her partners of thinking of themselves more than Germany.
The two parties will decide in the next few weeks whether the centrist alliance has a future after the SPD chose a more leftist leadership duo, who have demanded new policies on climate, investment and the minimum wage.
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