SPD narrowly beats Merkel’s party in German polls
The Hindu
The centre-left party, which won 25.7% of the vote, ahead of CDU/CSU conservative bloc’s 24.1%, seeks a three-way alliance
German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz vowed on Monday to strengthen the European Union and keep up the transatlantic partnership in a three-way coalition government he hopes to form by Christmas to take over from Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
Mr. Scholz’s , just ahead of the conservatives, and aim to lead a government for the first time since 2005 in a coalition with the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP).
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