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Germany may face long wait for new government after vote

Leader of Germany's CDU Friedrich Merz and Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the conservative CSU Markus Soeder during the final campaign of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party in Munich, on February 22, 2025. [AFP]

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time.

Arduous coalition negotiations tend to drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, spelling long stretches of political paralysis before a new chancellor takes charge.

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