SPD narrowly beats outgoing Merkel’s party in German elections
SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government,
Cornered Merkel seeks to revive “grand coalition”
The SPD, which had said it would go into opposition after its worst election showing since 1933, reconsidered when Germany’s president intervened
German conservatives reject “United States of Europe” ahead of coalition talks
"A United States of Europe would transfer member states’ sovereignty to Brussels and there would not be a majority for that in many EU states"