Merkel turns tough on ally in countdown to German vote


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013

MAGDEBURG/BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel warned cheering supporters in the eastern city of Magdeburg on Tuesday not to split their vote to save her Free Democratic (FDP) coalition partners, in a sign of raw nerves ahead of a tightly-contested German election on Sunday.

"We are separate parties with different policies and we have no votes to give away," she told a rally in an old market square packed with supporters waving "Angie" posters and eating ice in her party's orange campaign colours.

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