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SPD and CDU/CSU meet next week on 'Grand Coalition'
By EUobserver
Leaders of Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties are set to meet on Wednesday to discuss a roadmap for upcoming coalition talks, following approval by the SPD party congress on Thursday to allow talks on forming a new 'Grand Coalition'. The SPD congress re-elected Martin Schulz as party leader, with 81.9 percent of the vote, down from the 100 percent when first elected party leader in March.