Tag: Social Democratic Party

Germany in political turmoil as coalition talks fail

by Hui Min Neo and Deborah Cole © Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel was left scrambling for ways to drag Germany out of crisis Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed, potentially forcing Europe’s top economy into snap elections. Germany now faces weeks, if not months of paralysis with a lame-duck government that is unlikely to take bold policy action. With no other viable coalition in sight, Germany may be […]

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Merkel’s party faces election dry run in bellwether state

by Jean-Philippe Lacour HALTERN AM SEE, Germany (AFP) – Germany’s most populous state goes to the polls on Sunday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party aiming to extend a winning streak that could seriously damage her rival before national elections. One in five German voters — 13.1 million — will cast ballots in North Rhine-Westphalia, a sprawling industrial area with a big migrant population which has been a Social Democratic Party (SPD) stronghold for 17 years. But […]

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