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epa06846490 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks with the co-chairs of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party parliamentary group Alexander Gauland (C) and Alice Weidel (3-L) next to the party's parliamentary manager Bernd Baumann (R) after her government declaration at the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 28 June 2018. Merkel delivered a government declaration to the members of the German parliament Bundestag prior a meeting of the European Council on 28 and 29 June and the NATO summit on 11 and 12 July 2018. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN