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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party votes overwhelmingly in favour of entering into a renewed coalition with the Social Democrats. IMAGES
Leaders of Germany's SPD (Social Democrats), FDP (Free Democrats) and die Grüne parties (the Greens) sign a coalition deal that places Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor of Germany, bringing the curtain down on Angela Merkel's 16-year reign and ushering in a new political era with the centre-left in charge. IMAGES of the coalition being signed by all parties
Members of Angela Merkel's CDU and its sister party CSU arrive for talks with the social-democratic party (SPD), to try to convince their government allies to accept a new deal on migration. IMAGES
People carefully rejoice at the Social Democrats' election watch as Sweden's left-wing bloc, led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats, was credited with a slim lead in Sunday's general election in exit polls. The four left-wing parties were credited with 50.6 percent of voter support in an exit poll published on TV4 compared to 48 percent for the four parties on the right, while a second exit poll on public broadcaster SVT gave the left 49.8 percent and the right 49.2 percent. Both polls suggested the far right could become the country's second-biggest party for the first time. IMAGES
Leaders of the three parties that will form Germany's next government, the Social Democrats, Greens and liberal FDP party pose for a family photo. IMAGES
SPD's chancellor candidate, Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz, receives flowers at SPD headquarters in Berlin as Germany braces for a period of political unpredictability after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp. IMAGES