BERLIN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A member of the German Federal Parliament with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) told Xinhua Tuesday that it is impossible for the party to return to the negotiation table for a new government coalition after a surprising breakdown Sunday night.
"There were 237 points that remained unresolved on Sunday night, it could not carry on any more," Bundestag member and FDP member Juergen Martens from Saxony told Xinhua at the sidelines of the second session of the new German Bundestag.
The FDP leader Christian Lindner on Sunday night made a decision to withdraw from the exploratory talks for a "Jamaica" government coalition that had lasted for five weeks. Lindner said the talks lacked basis of trust and it was better not to govern than govern wrongly.
Jamaica refers to the traditional colors of the three parties, the Union (black), the FDP (yellow) and the Greens (green) coincide with that of the Caribbean state's national flag.
"We had tried our best to negotiate, but with so many differences unresolved, it will not be a stable majority government in the future," said Martens, adding that the major differences are on issues of climate change.
FDP's withdrawal pushed Angela Merkel into the worst political crisis since she assumed office 12 years ago. She had to form an unstable minority government or face snap elections.
Martens said the public may thought the differences were mainly between FDP and the Greens, however, differences also existed between Angela Merkel's Union Party and the FDP, the two traditional alliances.
Martens accused the Union Party of changing their stance day to day.
"At the beginning of the talks, Merkel employed a non-interference strategy, letting negotiators from other parties to discuss. When the deadline is approaching, the Union began to give pressure to us. But we need to stick to our own principles, we need to be responsible to our voters," said Martens.
"The Union must be astonished when its traditional alliance FDP got serious," according to Martens.
German President Steinmeier said Monday that he expected the parties to make the formation of a new government possible in the foreseeable future and would hold talks with leaders of parties concerned to persuade them.
However, Martens said coalition talks could be resumed "without the participation of the FDP."
