Gero Neugebauer
Gero Neugebauer
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A grand coalition is the likeliest option, but who will become chancellor, no one could yet predict. In the end, it might be neither Schroeder nor Merkel.
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We're still not sure whether all this is a planned strategy of the SPD leadership or if they are taking it step by step. It put the CDU under initial pressure, but it somewhat backfired, as Merkel's position has received firm and repeated backing from her state prime ministers.