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Merkel's conservatives, SPD gear up for 'serious' coalition talks

ChancellorAngelaMerkel'sconservativesandtheSocialDemocratsgearedupMondayfortalksonrenewingtheiralliance,asGermany'sveteranleaderwarnedtimeispressingasEuropeface

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Momentum grows for another grand coalition in Germany

MembersofGermany’sSocialDemocrats(SPD)willlikelyapprovearenewedcoalitionwithChancellorAngelaMerkel’sconservativesifpartyleaderspresentaconvincingproposal,amembe

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Angela Merkel's CDU 'seizes key state from rivals'

Germany'sChristianDemocrats(CDU)haveunseatedtheSocialDemocratsinakeystateelection,exitpollssay.ChancellorAngelaMerkel'sCDUisprojectedtowin34.5%ofvotesinNorthRhi

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Angela Merkel faces key test in German state election

VotersinGermany'smostpopulousstatearegoingtothepollsinanelectionseenasacrucialtestforChancellorAngelaMerkel.PollsshowMrsMerkel'scentre-rightChristianDemocrats(C

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German Social Democrats closing gap with Merkel's conservatives - Forsa poll

Support for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) nudged up to 32 percent, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, over the past week, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

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German SPD trims Merkel's lead in Forsa poll

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) narrowed the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to 2 percentage points from 3 in the last week, according to a poll for Stern magazine by the Forsa institute.

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Merkel's conservative moves ahead of SPD in latest poll by INSA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party moved back in front of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in an INSA poll for Bild newspaper published on Monday.

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Germany's SPD moves ahead of Merkel's party in poll

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have moved ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) in an opinion poll by the Emnid institute for the first time since 2006, Bild am Sonntag newspaper said.

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Steinmeier voted in as German president

Billed as Germany's "anti- Trump", centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected the country's ceremonial president in a vote held in the national Parliament.

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Schulz nominated to challenge Merkel for German chancellorship

​Former European Parliament president Martin Schulz has been nominated by Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) as the party's candidate for the chancellery in the coming national elections scheduled for September, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported on Sunday.

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SPD leader Gabriel expected to challenge Merkel in German election: Sources

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are expected to choose their long-standing chairman Sigmar Gabriel to run against conservative Angela Merkel for chancellor in September's federal election, senior party sources said on Thursday (Jan 5).

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Merkel sworn in as chancellor for a third term

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sworn in for a third term after being reelected in a vote in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday.

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Merkel's conservatives to announce ministers for grand coalition

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are to present their picks for cabinet ministers on Sunday as the chancellor will be sworn in next week for a third term, heading a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

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Merkel's conservatives hold decisive talks with SPD on coalition gov't

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives held a third round of exploratory talks on Thursday with the Social Democrats (SPD) on forming a coalition government to rule Europe's largest economy for the next four years.

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Merkel's conservatives to hold 2nd round of coalition talks with Greens

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will hold a second round of talks with the Green Party, a day after their meeting with the main opposition Social Democrats (SPD) failed to produce a potential coalition partner.

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Merkel's party softens on tax issue to win over potential coalition partner

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) may agree on tax rises in order to form a coalition government with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), CDU officials suggested on Wednesday.

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Merkel's conservatives may enjoy absolute majority: exit poll

The latest exit poll results showed Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) could have an absolute majority to govern without a coalition partner.