The conservative CDU party led by Angela Merkel emerged as the narrow winner in Sunday’s (18 September) German elections, but chancellor Gerhard Schroder has claimed he will continue to lead the country.
Official figures on Monday showed the CDU and it's Bavarian sister party CSU gaining 35.2 percent of votes, just slightly ahead of the social democrat SPD party led by the current chancellor Schroder, which won 34.3 percent.
The difference between the two leading German parties ...
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