German SPD's record low in poll puts strain on Merkel's coalition


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  • Sunday, 16 Jun 2019

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the International Labour Organization's annual labour conference in Geneva, Switzerland June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) party, a junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, has slumped to a record low, a poll showed on Saturday, piling more pressure on it to quit the government and rebuild in opposition.

There is rising scepticism that Merkel's coalition will survive until 2021 after SPD leader Andrea Nahles quit two weeks ago in the wake of her party’s losses in European Parliament elections and a regional vote in the state of Bremen.

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