Germany sees calls for quick decisions on new government
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Social Democratic Party candidate for chancellor arrives for the first faction meeting of the party's lawmaker at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Germany's newly elected lawmakers are holding their first meetings as their parties digest the fallout of Sunday's election that reduced outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc to its worst-ever result and start the process of putting together a new government. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
By GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press
BERLIN — Pressure grew for a quick start to talks on Germany's next government as newly elected lawmakers held their first meetings on Tuesday and tensions simmered in outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc, which declined to its worst-ever result in the country's election....
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