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German socialists widening lead in polls
By EUobserver
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) extended their lead over chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in the latest poll published, Reuters reports. The poll showed support for the SPD and their chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz jump by 2 percentage points to 25 percent, the highest reading in the survey in four years. CDU's Armin Laschet lost 3 points to reach a record low at 20 percent. The Greens stood at 16.5 percent.