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German Leaders Emerge From Marathon Talks With Blueprint For New Coalition

After days of negotiations, which ended with a 24-hour session, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her center-left counterparts said Friday they had reached a deal. Still, they have a lot more work to do.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, head of the Christian Democratic Union, smiles for the media between Horst Seehofer of the Christian Social Union (left) and Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party. The three emerged Friday from all-night preliminary coalition talks in Berlin saying they had reached a preliminary deal.

It may have taken a marathon — but the party leaders who walked into a negotiating room in Berlin roughly 24 hours earlier emerged Friday morning with smiles on their faces and a preliminary deal in hand.

Before a cluster of media in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her

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