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Parlamentary elections: The conservatives are hoping to go into a centre-right partnership with the Free Democrats. But will the numbers add up?

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Ema Nevenka JülichSeptember 27, 2009

Voting is underway in Germany's national election. Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to return to power. For the past four years her conservative bloc has governed in coalition the Social Democrats and her main rival, Frank Walter Steinmeier. But now the conservatives are hoping to go into a centre-right partnership with the Free Democrats. But will the numbers add up ?? It will all depend on the estimated one third of voters - who went into this election undecided. +++SYN+MAZ+++

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