Parties exploring next German coalition enjoy majority support -poll


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  • Friday, 15 Oct 2021

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at a meeting for exploratory talks for a possible new government coalition in Berlin, Germany, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - A majority of Germans is in favour of a coalition government led by the Social Democrats' Olaf Scholz, a survey showed on Friday, an encouraging result for the three parties involved as they prepare for the next phase of negotiations.

Some 62% of respondents to the ZDF Politbarometer survey said they would back a coalition government of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP).

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