BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) voted decisively for a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Sunday, clearing the way for a new government in Europe's largest economy and ending months of political uncertainty.
Two thirds of the party's 464,000 members voted "yes" to the deal, meaning Merkel could be sworn in for a fourth term by the middle of the month, in a repeat of the grand coalition that has governed since 2013.
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