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Germany moves right; big economic shift unlikely
Quick ReadGermany gets pro-business government, but radical economic change unlikely
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a mandate to govern Europe's biggest economy with a new, pro-business coalition partner — but burdensome government debt from the financial crisis may put limits on proposals to cut taxes.
Voters ended the conservative Merkel's unwieldy right-left "grand coalition" in Sunday's election and gave her a comfortable center-right majority — thanks...
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