FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the informal meeting of European Union leaders ahead of the EU summit, in Salzburg, Austria, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in favor of demands by her Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners to renegotiate an unpopular deal to transfer the head of the domestic spy agency to a higher position at the interior ministry.

“The chancellor finds it right and appropriate to reassess pending questions and find a sustainable common solution,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement on Friday.