Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), walks on the stage after the voting in favour of the coalition contract during an extraordinary party convention in Berlin, October 25, 2009. German Chancellor's Angela Merkel conservative party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) sealed a coalition deal with the FDP on Saturday after marathon talks and vowed to press ahead with 24 billion euros in tax cuts despite a yawning deficit.
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