"If we don't come together at all, we will have new elections," the SPD's Deputy Chairman Ralf Stegner told DW's Michel Friedman on Conflict Zone. His party is now discussing taking up coalition talks with Angela Merkel's conservatives again after Merkel failed to form a coalition with the liberal FDP and the Greens. What do you think will happen next? Join the debate below!

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