Attrition test: fdp rejects care allowance compromise

The agreements on old-age provision, among other things, are more expensive than planned and have not been agreed with the FDP, it said. This had changed the basis of the business. "We cannot agree to this," said deputy party spokesman nils droste.
German chancellor angela merkel (CDU) held several telephone consultations on monday with FDP leader philipp rosler and CSU leader horst seehofer about a solution. Seehofer said after a CSU executive board meeting in munich that the situation of the black-yellow coalition is "difficult and serious". He added: "we must try to resolve the difficult situation through language"."