BERLIN (Reuters) - Philipp Roesler offered to step down as leader of Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) on Monday, FDP sources said, a day after his party suffered the worst election result in its history and crashed out of parliament for the first time.
The market-friendly FDP, Merkel's coalition partner between 2009-2013, won 4.8 percent of the vote on Sunday, down sharply from the record 14.6 percent it secured in 2009 and below the 5 percent threshold needed to enter parliament.
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