berlin german chancellor angela merkel scold minister tuesday bid shield talk form coalition government dispute cabinet colleagues eu license weedkiller conservative agriculture minister christian schmidt anger center-left spd monday break protocol back european union proposal extend use glyphosate bloc another five years measure oppose spd matter sensitive last week spd reverse decision go opposition suffer bad result 70 years september election expect launch talk next year merkel conservatives form coalition government spd junior partner merkel caretaker government include christian democrats cdu bavarian sister party christian social union csu agriculture minister schmidt member vote agriculture ministry yesterday glyphosate comply instructions work federal government merkel say expect incident repeat usual practice germany abstain eu vote minister different party disagree policy schmidt decision strain relations two camp even launch exploratory talk renew alliance chancellor must something heal loss trust govern like simply work spd environment minister barbara hendricks tell deutschlandfunk radio merkel make comment merkel say even though stance glyphosate use close schmidt hendricks vote favor wish colleague breach government instructions hendricks say whether spd want merkel fire schmidt ecologist green say merkel turn spd fail form coalition pro-business free democrats fdp green create impasse unseen post-world war two era schmidt defend decision vote favor five-year extension brussels monday say european commission would probably decide long extension vote indecisive take decision schmidt tell german public television fall responsibility hendricks say call schmidt two hours tight vote brussels germany tip favor extension defeat key ally france express opposition continue use weedkiller eu 28 member state fear cause cancer christian schmidt take chestnut fire commission breach consultations hendricks say french president emmanuel macron want short extension rapid phase glyphosate mainstay farm across continent vote say would take necessary measure ban product originally develop monsanto soon alternative available late within three years germany bayer plan take monsanto 63.5 billion merkel scold ally shield coalition talk weedkiller row