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Merkel enters final stretch in coalition-building marathon

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. [Photo: Courtesy]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will sit down with their historic centre-left rivals on Sunday to try and seal a deal to form a government more than four months after legislative elections.

They have set a deadline of Sunday evening, with the option of extending into Monday or Tuesday.

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