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Members of Angela Merkel's CDU and its sister party CSU arrive for talks with the social-democratic party (SPD), to try to convince their government allies to accept a new deal on migration. IMAGES
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats voted Sunday to begin formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, bringing Europe's top economy a step closer to a new government after months of deadlock. IMAGES
Chancellor Angela Merkel opens talks with Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz hoping to end Germany's political stalemate, but the atmosphere has already been poisoned by disobedience within her ranks. IMAGES
Leaders of Germany's SPD (Social Democrats), FDP (Free Democrats) and die Grüne parties (the Greens) sign a coalition deal that places Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor of Germany, bringing the curtain down on Angela Merkel's 16-year reign and ushering in a new political era with the centre-left in charge. IMAGES of the coalition being signed by all parties
Supporters at Germany's SPD party headquarters in Berlin cheer and applaud preliminary election results, which show the centre-left Social Democrats taking a razor-thin lead on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Sunday's vote to decide her successor. IMAGES