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As Angela Merkel ends her career after 16-years as German chancellor, Germans went to the polls this weekend to elect her successor (Photo: Council of the European Union)

German coalition calculus dominates This WEEK

As of Monday morning, Europe still does not have a clear idea who will lead Germany after 16-years of Angela Merkel at the chancellory.

The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 26 percent of the vote, ahead of 24.5 percent for Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc, projections by broadcaster ZDF showed.

While the reigning CDU did better than polls forecasted, it is stil...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

As Angela Merkel ends her career after 16-years as German chancellor, Germans went to the polls this weekend to elect her successor (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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