SPD-led German coalition doable by year end, party co-leader says

FILE PHOTO: Norbert Walter-Borjans, co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic (SPD) party, speaks during a joint news conference with the SPD's top candidate for regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt Katja Paehle one day after regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) -A three-way German government led by the Social Democrats (SPD) should be ready to take office by the end of the year, the co-leader of the centre-left party said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday.

Norbert Walter-Borjans said he was confident his party, which won Sunday's national election by a narrow margin that left it seeking partners, could move swiftly to agree a coalition with the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP).