German coalition talks going 'very, very well' says chancellor-in-waiting Scholz

Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for talks to form a so-called traffic light government coalition, in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz, who is in talks to form a three-way ruling coalition with the pro-spending Greens and the fiscally more prudent Free Democrats, said on Monday that negotiations were going very well.

Speaking at a dinner event organised by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, Scholz declined comment on any partial results of the talks which have been held secretively in Berlin over the past couple of weeks, with hardly any details emerging.