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German elections: 'Kingmaker' parties back centre-left coalition talks
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 06, 2021 11:47am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 06, 2021 09:00am |
| Description | Ten days after Germany's centre-left Social Democrats won parliamentary elections, the Greens and pro-business liberals have agreed to start exploratory coalition talks with them.
Thursday's talks with the "kingmakers" mean centre-left leader Olaf Scholz is a step closer to the job of chancellor.
It is a blow to the conservatives' leader Armin Laschet, who presided over their worst ever electoral performance.
He has not yet given up: "We are also ready for further talks."
However, the head of his CDU's sister party in Bavaria, Markus Söder, has described the decision by the Greens and liberal FDP as a "de facto rejection" of a conservative-led government. |
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