Merkel’s Incredible Shrinking Coalition Partner

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Publication Date 03/06/2010
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Guido Westerwelle and his Free Democrats surprised everyone in the autumn of 2009 with their strong German election day showing. Since joining Chancellor Angela Merkel's government, however, the FDP has been in a state of free fall, sliding from 14.6% to 6% in the polls. What happened?

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