Merkel wants solution this weekend to German spymaster row

Reuters

Published Sep 21, 2018 01:56PM ET

Merkel wants solution this weekend to German spymaster row

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she and the other leaders of the parties in her ruling coalition wanted to find a solution this weekend to draw a line under a scandal over Germany's scandal-tainted domestic spymaster.

"We have agreed to reappraise the situation," she said in a short statement to reporters. "We want to reach a joint, sustainable solution and to do so over the weekend."