German SPD to put any gov't role up for vote - Schulz
BERLIN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will get to vote on any decision by the leadership of the centre-left party to join a future coalition government, leader Martin Schulz said on Friday.
"There is nothing automatic about the direction we are moving in," Schulz said. "If a discussion results in us deciding to participate in any form whatsoever in the formation of a government, we will put it to a vote of party members."
Schulz made the remarks said during a brief news conference, shortly after the German president announced he would host a meeting next week with Schulz and Chancellor Angela Merkel to find a way out of a political impasse.
(Reporting by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Thomas Escritt)
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