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Tue 09 Sep 2009Merkel shows who's boss as she puts dampener on FDP plans
CHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has dampened the reform ambitions of her new liberal Free Democrat (FDP) coalition partners, promising political continuity and a strong centrist line from her Christian Democrats (CDU) in her second term.
Hours after securing her re-election despite losing support, Dr Merkel told a press conference yesterday in Berlin to expect “more CDU in this government than the last” left-right grand coalition. “You will see me in the future as you’ve had the pleasure to get to know me in the past,” she said, as preliminary results gave her party 33.8 per cent of the poll.
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