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From left: Christian Social Union party, CSU, Secretary General , Alexander Dobrindt , Social Democratic Party , SPD, Secretary General, Andrea Nahles and Christian Democratic Union party ,CDU, Secretary General, Hermann Groehe speak at a press conference after a round of coalition talks at the SPD headquarter in Berlin, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. Following the Sept. 22 national elections Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Christian parties' bloc are negotiating the second week to form a coalition with the Social Democratic Party. (AP Photo/dpa,Maurizio Gambarini)