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Angela Merkel campaigns for a third mandate as German chancellor (Photo: Felix O)

German elections to set EU agenda in coming months

by Valentina Pop, Berlin, September 2, 2013, 7:28:00 AM
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The German federal elections on 22 September are keenly awaited in Brussels, as several key dossiers - notably on banking union - are on hold until a new government is formed in Berlin.

Opinion polls end of August suggest Chancellor Angela Merkel will have trouble recreating the current centre-right coalition and the most likely outcome is a grand coalition with the Social-Democratic opposition.

Berlin insiders do not count on a radical change of course - regardless of who will b...

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Angela Merkel campaigns for a third mandate as German chancellor (Photo: Felix O)

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