BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 11: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in the German Chancellory on July 11, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
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CNN's Atika Shubert looks at the southern German state Bavaria, whose vote that cost the ruling Christian Social Union its majority and is likely to rattle German Chancellor Angela Merkel's fragile "grand coalition" government.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 11: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in the German Chancellory on July 11, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a news conference with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the German federal chancellory on July 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Yingluck, Thailand's first female prime minister, is on her first state visit outside of Asia since she took office in August of last year. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 12: German Chancellor and head of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel during statements following all-night preliminary coalition talks on January 12, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders signalled the talks have ended in success. The parties will likely soon beging the arduous process of coalition negotiations. (Photo by Steffi Loos/Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the media the day after the CDU won 32.9% of the vote and a first place finish in yesterday's German federal elections on September 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
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German Chancellor and Christian Democrat (CDU) Angela Merkel (C) reacts to initial results that give the party 32,9% of the vote, giving it a first place finish, in German federal elections on September 24, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Chancellor Merkel is seeking a fourth term and coming weeks will likely be dominated by negotiations between parties over the next coalition government.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a news conference with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the German federal chancellory on July 18, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Yingluck, Thailand's first female prime minister, is on her first state visit outside of Asia since she took office in August of last year. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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