German leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz looks on next to the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Horst Seehofer (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) during 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. / AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ