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  • LIVE THREAD - German polls closed: AP: SCHROEDER DEFEATED!

    09/18/2005 12:12:37 AM PDT · by alessandrofiaschi · 374 replies · 14,092+ views
    SABC NEWS ^ | September 18, 2005, 08:15
    Voting began in Germany's closely fought election today with millions of undecided voters holding the key to a result that will have major implications for economic reform in Europe. Angela Merkel, a Christian Democrat (CDU) chancellor, is expected to emerge as Germany's first woman chancellor, displacing Gerhard Schroeder who has led Germany for the past seven years at the head of a centre-left government of Social Democrats and Greens. A provisional result is expected to be announced in the early hours of Monday morning. The final opinion polls published on Friday gave Merkel's centre-right coalition with the liberal Free Democrats...