Merkel launches campaign with populist but costly promises

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Merkel launches campaign with populist but costly promises

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-launches-campaign-populist-costly-promises-145212868.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5fPW1TZeQX0NrIfj75WqfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-24T145212Z_1_CBRE95N15B400_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-GERMANY-ELECTION-MERKEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union Merkel arrives for a party meeting with the Christian Social Union in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union Merkel arrives for a party meeting with the Christian Social Union in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched her re-election campaign on Monday with promises her coalition partners dismissed as unaffordable and even one party ally said would never see the light of day. Merkel told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party that if she is re-elected she wants to raise child benefits, pensions for women with children and pensions for low-income workers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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