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Steinbruck to challenge Merkel in German elections
By EUobserver
Germany’s former finance minister, Peer Steinbruck was Sunday chosen by 600 social-democrat delegates in Hannover to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year’s general elections. An Infratest poll last week gave Merkel's CDU 39% support, SPD 30%, Greens 14% while the FCP, Merkel's governing partner, got just 4%.