Merkel tries to build coalition after vote that puts far right in parliament
Caroline Copley and Emma Thomasson, Reuters, 25.09.2017
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Germanys Angela Merkel began the tough task of trying to build a government on Monday after securing a fourth term as chancellor, urging the center-left Social Democrats not the shut the door on a re-run of their grand coalition. [...]
They will try their best to recover lost ground on the right side of the political spectrum. Going into a coalition in Berlin with the Greens and the FDP will make this more difficult, said Janis Emmanouilidis from the European Policy Centre.
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