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Merkel Confirms Ready to Govern With Liberals and Greens
The Local (Germany) ^ | 7 October 2017

Posted on 10/07/2017 1:38:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed on Saturday she would start talks with liberals and Greens to try to form a new coalition government after last month's election.

Merkel won a fourth term in the September 24th vote but the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) poached one million votes from her conservative bloc, leaving her without an obvious coalition to lead Europe's largest economy.

She has already said she would seek exploratory talks on forming an alliance between her CDU/CSU bloc and two smaller parties, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the ecologist Greens.

Merkel said in a speech in the eastern city of Dresden on Saturday that the negotiations would be "difficult", but added: "I hope the coalition will fall into place."

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afd; cdu; csu; election; eurabia; eussr; freedemocrats; germany; greenparty; merkel

1 posted on 10/07/2017 1:38:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

The final stake through the Heart of Germany.


2 posted on 10/07/2017 1:41:28 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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So....more population replacement then?

Because the big problem is Germany is not enough Africans and Arabs.


3 posted on 10/07/2017 1:47:21 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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German liberals and greens sheesh what a nightmare.


4 posted on 10/07/2017 2:00:49 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: nickcarraway

Merkle turns hard left - what a shocker /sarc


5 posted on 10/07/2017 2:19:46 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: nickcarraway

fin


6 posted on 10/07/2017 2:47:57 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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Translation:Another 10 million military age moslem males admitted into Europe at the “Green” Party’s insistence.


7 posted on 10/07/2017 3:16:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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Some refugees I’d be happy to welcome: hard-working, law-abiding German taxpayers.


8 posted on 10/07/2017 3:18:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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Wonder when all those hard-working Germans will want in the USA..Let the Africans and Arabs have Germany...


9 posted on 10/07/2017 5:27:36 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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