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• 'We are determined to live up to the historic responsibilities our country is facing,' said Friedrich Merz about the ruling coalition between his center-right CDU and the center-left SPD.S1
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to keep his ruling coalition of the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD together for the sake of the country's "democratic future", after both the far right and hard left made big gains in Germany's state election...S2