Coalition negotiations remain underway in Germany, after elections over the weekend delivered a close result for the two main parties.
Recriminations have already begun inside Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party, with her successor Armin Laschet, failing to attract the same level of voter support as the outgoing chancellor.
From Berlin, Trent Murray reports.
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