Germany's centre-left SPD party has said there would be no quick deal on government in the EU's bastion of "stability".
"We first need to look at what the possibilities are, but no one can expect it to go quickly," SPD foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel told the ZDF broadcaster on Thursday (30 November).
"The conservatives, Greens, and FDP took months to get nothing off ground, so I'd ask people not to put pressure on us," he said.
No one should expect the SPD to make an easy b...
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