Updated On: 12 October, 2021 09:47 AM IST | Berlin | Agencies
The center-left Social Democrats narrowly beat outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union bloc in last month election. They are due to meet Monday with the environmentalist Greens party and the pro-business Free Democrats to discuss forming a coalition government

A Campact climate activist guides a fellow activist wearing a mask of FDP leader Christian Lindner in Berlin on Monday. Pic/AFP
Dozens of large German companies have urged the country’s next government to put in place ambitious policies to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord.
In an open letter Monday, 69 companies said the next government needs to put Germany on a clear and reliable path to climate neutrality, with a plan for doing so within its first 100 days in office.