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Here Comes German Election Results...

Sep 22, 2013, 21:22 IST

REUTERS/Thomas PeterGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel during a news conference in Berlin on July 19.Germans are voting today to decide who will run their country.

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The first results print at noon eastern.

Incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel's largely liberal (the Europe version) coalition, is expected to remain in control for a third term.

But there are two spoilers to look out for, as our Matt Boesler has highlighted.

One is the leftist Social Democratic Party. Polls show there is a good chance they could wedge their way into Merkel's coalition.

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If they do, SocGen has said, they are likely to ask for more taxes to fund social programs, putting a drag on German (and potentially Eurozone) GDP.

The other wildcard is the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party.

They are anti-Eurozone, and if they do well, it will likely come at the price of Free Democrat votes, the main coalition partner for Merkel's Christian Democrat party.

If AfD gets more than 5% of the vote, according to the Guardian, the coalition could fall apart.

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