<br /> On Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged party leaders negotiating a tricky three-way coalition government to show more willingness to compromise. This as support for her conservative bloc plunged to the lowest level in more than six years.<br />Merkel’s conservatives bled support to the far-right Alternative for Germany in a Sept. 24 election. They are trying to forge an alliance with the pro-market Free Democrats and the left-leaning Greens which is untested at the national level.<br />Three weeks of exploratory talks have commenced. Despite this, the unlikely partners still have to overcome differences over climate protection, energy, transport, immigration and euro zone policy. <br />
