German SPD votes for government coalition with Merkel's Union

Interim leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) party Olaf Scholz (R) and head of the SPD Mandate and Counting Commission Dietmar Nietan attend a press conference at the headquaters of SPD in Berlin, capital of Germany, on March 4, 2018. Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted for a government coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservative Union, a party official said Sunday. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)