Germany elected a new Bundestag on 24 September 2017. CDU, CSU, FDP and the Greens then held exploratory talks, Sondierungsgespräche, for about four weeks. On 19 November 2017, the FDP ended them. CDU, CSU and SPD then held their own exploratory talks. They finished them on 12 January 2018 with a 28-page paper. On 7 February 2018 they agreed on a coalition agreement. The SPD put it to a vote of its members, and 66.02 percent of those who voted approved. On 14 March 2018 the Bundestag elected Angela Merkel chancellor for the fourth time. The Bundestag counted 171 days since the election, a new record. The previous record was 86 days, in 2013.