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25 September 2017

What Angela Merkel’s election victory means for Brexit talks

The German chancellor will be wrangling over coalition formation for a while.

By Stephen Bush

I’m in Brighton for Labour conference but the big story today is in Germany, where Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office. Scores on the door:

CDU/CSU: (246 seats) 34.7 per cent

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