Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is ready to support politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the next German president, laying the ground for a resumption of the two parties’ alliance after next year’s federal election, Bloomberg reported.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party accepted the relevant proposal of SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel,  dpa reported quoting information obtained following the telephone conference of Merkel with CDU presidium.

Merkel and CSU Chairman Horst Seehofer notified the leadership of their parties on the situation on Monday morning