"For the CDU, the conservative-Free Democratic coalition is one option among others, " Mr. Niebel admits.
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Still, should they get enough votes, a conservative-Free Democratic government would be all but certain.
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It is not elated by the recovery of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the junior partner in her coalition.
That softens opposition from the Free Democratic Party, the CDU's pro-business coalition partner.
Scientology has been monitored in Germany in the belief that its activities are "directed against the free democratic order" in the country.
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One was a surprise defeat for the pro-business Free Democratic Party, making it the sixth out of six state elections where it has lost heavily.
In Germany's election in September, the issue poses the greatest threat to the Free Democratic Party, Merkel's junior coalition partner which has a pro-business platform.
Liberals are defecting in droves to the opposition Free Democratic Party.
The Social Democratic foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will go, but his successor, almost certainly Guido Westerwelle of the Free Democratic Party, has not yet arrived.
Frank Schaeffler, a German member of parliament in the Free Democratic Party, has previously advocated the sale of uninhabited Greek islands to fund creditor repayments.
The liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), the junior partner in her coalition government, is against a rescue, as are many politicians from her own Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
One answer, Mrs Lagarde argues, would be to cut taxes, an idea supposedly favoured by Germany's coalition government, which combines Mrs Merkel's Christian Democratic Union with the Free Democratic Party.
Christa Markwalder, a lawmaker from the pro-business Free Democratic Party, said she didn't think passage of the initiative would lead to an exodus of companies from Switzerland but would attract attention from other countries studying corporate-governance policies.
Her coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party, has lost domestic support, so she will need to convince the more liberal members of the leading parties, particularly the Green Party and the Social Democrats, that the plan for a more powerful European Financial Stability Facility is the right choice for Germany.
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"In a free and democratic society, insults should not be a criminal offence, " he says.
And it is a responsibility the free and democratic world has to shoulder together.
We stand here today as free and democratic peoples because of each other.
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"At the same time, it affects Thailand's image as a free and democratic society, " AFP quoted the EU's delegation in Bangkok as saying.
For his part, Medvedev was first to instruct election authorities to look into reports of violations, but insisted the election was free and democratic.
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Mr Cameron has said the international community stands ready to give advice and assistance to the country's new leaders as they embark on the path of building a free, democratic and inclusive Libya.
Mr. Secretary General, on behalf of us all, thank you for convening this meeting to address a task that must be the work of all of us -- supporting the people of Libya as they build a future that is free and democratic and prosperous.
He thinks Mr McCain is tough on waste but Mr Obama would have trouble standing up to a free-spending Democratic Congress.
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We have -- the Secretary of State has met, as you know, with the leader of the National Council in Paris and in London, and we were -- we view positively the statement that was put out by the council about what their vision is for the future of Libya, and the fact that it is inclusive and tolerant and envisions free and fair democratic elections.
Unfortunately, it is not the democratic, free market-oriented elements with whom President Boris Yeltsin has been associated in the past.
The Center believes that it is incumbent on the West to use every tool available to help these democratic, free market forces to succeed.
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Even before membership talks began in October 2005, the EU was able to persuade Turkey to adopt a wide-ranging liberal, free-market and democratic agenda.
The lesson of Bosnia is that our democratic and free world which seeks to uphold the highest values bestowed on humankind, could no longer watch as ordinary civilians were butchered.
Engaging a unified Germany squarely in the camp of democratic, free market nations joined together -- and armed -- in a defensive military alliance is the best guarantee available of long-term stability.
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By not thinking the Arab people incapable of establishing a free society, the democratic nations of the world will begin to create the real "New Middle East" that so many of us can still dream about.
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