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German parties express optimism after first day's coalition negotiations

TheChristianDemocraticUnion(CDU),ChristianSocialUnion(CSU),FreeDemocraticParty(FDP)andGreenshavedrawnapositiveconclusionfromtheirfirstdayofcoalitionnegotiations

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Weakened Merkel scrambles to form government

GermanChancellorAngelaMerkel,weakenedbypoorelectionresults,willfromWednesdayseektoforgeanunlikelygoverningcoalitionfromamotleycrewofpartiesthatspanthepoliticals

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Merkel: Talks for Germany's new government to start next week

GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelsaidMondaythattheexploratorytalksforagovernmentcoalitionwillstartonOctober18withtheFreeDemocraticParty(FDP)andtheGreens.Merkelmadeth

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German election: Merkel launches coalition talks

ImmigrationisexpectedtofeatureasGermanChancellorAngelaMerkelholdstalksonformingacoalitionafterherparty'sdisappointingperformanceinSeptember'selection.Talksstart

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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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After Berlin attack, German CSU wants clampdown on Mediterranean

Germany's arch conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party, a junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, wants to close off the Mediterranean Sea route for migrants by sending them back to Africa rather than allowing them to stay in Europe.

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will hold another round of coalition talks with the Green Party following their exploratory talks on Thursday evening, as Merkel's party is looking for a partner to rule the Europe's largest economy for the next four years.