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Germany is bracing for a period of political unpredictability after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Merkel's conservative camp
A sea change in German politics began this week with two leading parties announcing their candidates to succeed Angela Merkel at September's elections, when the veteran chancellor will bow out
EU will hold its first "social summit" in 20 years in the Swedish port city of Gothenburg as it seeks to show it can meet the concerns of working people.