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• Germany votes: SPD hold slim lead, CDU slumps to worst showing in decades
  The center-left Social Democrats are ahead of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc by almost two percentage points, preliminary election results show. In such a tight race, the possibilities for a coalition are still unclear.
• The CDU: Germany's major postwar party seeking to redefine itself
  The Christian Democrats are not only Germany's leading party. The CDU is also an institution that's very much the product of history. But the poor showing in the latest general election will prompt some soul-searching.
• Berlin faces expropriation vote: What happens if the people say 'yes'?
  A referendum proposing that authorities in Berlin seize and take into public ownership more than 200,000 homes could pass on September 26. But political and legal hurdles mean it may never become reality.
• Most Germans find religion unimportant, survey shows
  A significant majority of Germans say religion plays no role in their life, a poll has shown. Fewer than one in eight adults believe that faith makes the world a fairer place, although younger people were more positive.
• Face mask killing sparks radicalization fears in Germany
  A man acting "out of anger" fatally shot a gas station clerk who asked him to wear a mask. Public figures have pointed to Germany's Querdenken movement, warning of possible radicalization among coronavirus skeptics.
• German flood region: Can people still live close to a river?
  Eight weeks after the devastating floods, the first plans for reconstruction have been presented. One thing is becoming clear: Nothing can ever be the same again.
• German election: How reliable are opinion polls?
  The Brexit referendum, the US elections in 2016 and this year's state elections in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt: Pollsters often get it wrong. So how relevant are opinion polls ahead of the federal election?