German conservatives to promise full employment in party platform

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel and head of Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer during the Trudering festival in Munich, Germany, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will promise to all but eliminate unemployment in Germany by the year 2025 when they announce their 2017 election campaign platform on Monday.

Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), will present their platform for the Sept. 24 election on Monday with other already known policies such as income tax cuts worth 15 billion euros per year and promises to build flats.