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epa03956989 (L-R) CSU General secretary Alexander Dobrindt, SPD General secretary Andrea Nahles and CDU General secretary Hermann Groehe speak at a joint news conference after the sixth round of coalition talks between the Christian Democratic Union CDU, their Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union CSU and the German Social Democratic Party SPD at the SPD party headquarters, the Willy-Brandt-Haus, in Berlin, Germany, 19 November 2013. Seen in background is a statue depicting the SPD's former German Chancellor Willy Brandt. EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI