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The leaders of Germany’s two biggest parties are each claiming the right to try to form a government.
They now both need to convince other parties to join them in a coalition. Whoever is successful will become Germany’s new chancellor.
The race to seduce potential partners has started…
The BBC’s Berlin correspondent Damien McGuinness explains how it works.
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