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Federal agency chair confident that workers who lose jobs in sectors such as carmaking will find jobs elsewhere
Party insiders expect race to become verdict on whether to remain in Merkel coalition
Move follows European poll disaster and reignites debate over future of ruling coalition
Hesse election deals big blow to German coalition hoping for full-term survival
The SPD faces hard choices after emerging as the biggest loser from Bavaria’s election
Feud among coalition leaders intensifies after Hans-Georg Maassen promoted not dismissed
Scathing analysis of Schulz’s election debacle underlines crisis for social democracy
Vote shows centre-left deeply divided over grand coalition with Merkel’s CDU
Most of the frontrunners to succeed the German chancellor are female
Andrea Nahles steers embattled party towards decisive vote on coalition with Merkel
Ex-labour minister on brink of becoming first woman to lead German centre-left
Centre-left party slips to 16.5 per cent support in poll following coalition furore
Hype around SPD leader melts away and leaves him in the wilderness
Plan to outline long-term minimum levels for state-backed pensions for Germans
Gabriel faces question on leadership as party slips under 20%
Move reflects anxiety over the rise of rightwing Alternative for Germany party
Concern that labour relations have descended to ‘English conditions’
Foreign truck drivers exempted from minimum pay level
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