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BERLIN - Combined support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance and their partners, the left-leaning Social Democrats, has hit a record low for any such 'grand coalition' government, according to a survey published on Sunday.

The survey by pollster Emnid for the weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag had support for Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union, down by one percentage point on the week to 29 percent.