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Germany's new center-right coalition - A portrait

Janine RabeOctober 28, 2009

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new center-right coalition brings together three of the most recognizable political figures in modern German politics - and three very different personalities. While Merkel is renowned for her reserved approach, the FDP frontman Guido Westerwelle has a reputation for a sharp tongue and sardonic quips. The CDU's Bavarian sister party, the CSU, is headed up by Horst Seehofer, the third strong character at the table, and a man who has never been one to mince words. Our report takes a closer look at what may end up as a struggle for attention in the new coalition.

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