Berlin, Feb 24, 2025 (AFP) - Stunned SPD turns to supporting role in new German government

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After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect itself on Monday in preparation for a potential new role as the junior partner in a conservative-led government. With just 16.4 percent of the vote, support for the centre-left Social Democrats was at a record low in Germany's post-war democratic history -- and well behind the conservative CDU/CSU bloc. The centre-right alliance......

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