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Germany’s three coalition parties continued a series of crisis talks on Tuesday in an attempt to secure a consensus on economic policy and the future of the coalition amid an intensifying risk of government collapse. The coalition is due to hold a formal committee meeting on Wednesday, but the three parties remain deeply divided over next year’s budget and the steps required to fix the country’s ailing economy. These divisions came to a head over the last few days after a policy paper by Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) was made public on Friday, in w…

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