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They need them. The German birth rate is one of the lowest in Europe so Merkel's opening of doors to immigrants wasn't entirely altruistic. The long term future was looking grim: a declining population but a bigger proportion of pensioners. I also suspect that there will be more than 1,000 a...

They haven't. Merkel tried to sort out a deal with the FDP and Die Grünen - the so-called Jamaica coalition. The reason is that the SDP didn't want to enter another coalition with the CDU as it was costing them votes. The Jamaica coalition, however, proved to be a bit of a problem. There was...