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Merkel bids for fourth term as Germans go to the polls

Mrs Merkel has campaigned on her record as chancellor for 12 years.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls.

Mrs Merkel has campaigned on her record as chancellor for 12 years, emphasising the country’s record-low unemployment, strong economic growth, balanced budget and growing international importance.

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That has helped give her conservative bloc a lead in the polls ahead of Sunday’s election over the centre-left Social Democrats of challenger Martin Schulz.

The latest polls have Mrs Merkel’s bloc at 34 to 37% support, the Social Democrats with 21 to 22% and the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with 10 to 13% support.

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