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Germany's SPD in all-or-nothing vote on coalition with Merkel

A "no" vote would mean Merkel leading an unstable minority government or facing snap polls

Published Sun, Jan 21, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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GERMANY'S divided Social Democrats were holding a crunch vote on Sunday on whether to pursue a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, or plunge Europe's top economy into political turmoil.

At an extraordinary congress in the western city of Bonn, 600 delegates from the centre-left SPD and its 45-member board will have their say on entering into formal talks for a renewed alliance with Ms Merkel's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc.

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