Merkel’s party to back her on Europe policy / Merkel urges stronger union to back euro / Merkel delights her party but not London

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Series Details 14.11.11
Publication Date 14/11/2011
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Preview and reports of the annual conference of the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Leipzig, 14-15 November 2011. Articles suggested that Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, was set to win her party's resounding endorsement for her defence of the euro, and backing for radical new steps towards closer political and economic integration in the eurozone and European Union.

The CDU's reinforcement of its long-standing belief in closer political union in Europe coincided with a further move by Ms Merkel to take her conservative supporters into Germany's political middle ground by embracing the idea of minimum wages for low-paid workers.

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