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Schaeuble Flirts With German Greens
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reached out to the Greens saying they missed out on a prime chance to govern at federal level four years ago, as jostling over possible coalitions began less than two weeks from national elections in Europe’s biggest economy.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union-led bloc was prepared to pursue a coalition with the Greens after the last election in 2013, but the Greens declined to give the go ahead for further exploratory talks, Schaeuble, who was part of the CDU negotiating team, said on ARD television late Sunday.