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Fri 09 Sep 2009Polls predict Merkel election win
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is unlikely to suffer a late slide in support as she did in 2005 and seems well placed to form her centre-right coalition of choice after an election on Sunday, a leading pollster said.
The latest surveys released before the vote show Ms Merkel's conservative bloc (CDU/CSU) with a 9-11 point lead over the rival Social Democrats (SPD) and on track for a narrow parliamentary majority with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP).
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