Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel was struggling Sunday to prevent a collapse in high stakes coalition talks, which could force new elections and destabilise Germany and Europe. Elections in September left the veteran leader weakened and without a majority as some of her party´s voters turned to the far-right AfD, angered by her liberal refugee policy. The disputed decision to let in more than a million asylum seekers since 2015 is also proving to be a stumbling block as she seeks an alliance with an unlikely group of parties spanning the left and right of the political spectrum. Merkel´s conservative CDU party and its Bavarian allies the CSU have been trying to find common ground with the pro-business FDP and the Greens.
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That compares with 3,770 for the same period last year and 4,162 for 2022, the previous record high