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No deal on German 'Grand Coalition' after 20 hours of talks
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[DW] The three parties have been discussing the outlines for formal coalition talks since Sunday. Many were hoping for a breakthrough by Friday to avoid a conservative minority government or fresh parliamentary elections

Exploratory talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) have still not ended with an agreement to start formal coalition negotiations.

Party leaders had made progress on some issues, but were still wrangling over taxes, financial policy, immigration and health care more than 20 hours since talks began Thursday morning, according to the DPA news agency.
Several negotiators said talks could last until dawn and did not rule out a decision to adjourn discussions.

Merkel had said Thursday the talks would be "tough," but that she hoped the parties would conclude the preliminary round by Friday.

Negotiators are set to inform their party executives about progress made during the night on Friday morning..
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