GERMANY-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-TALKS

(LtoR) State Premier for the state of Bavaria and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Horst Seehofer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz pose at the end of a press conference after talks to form a new government on January 12, 2018 at the SPD headquarters in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives reached a "breakthrough" deal with the country's second biggest party, the Social Democrats, toward building a new coalition government, sources close to the negotiations said. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)