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CDU Unlocks Pathway to Greens' Discussions in Baden-Württemberg

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The South West German state party, the Southern-Western Christian Democratic Union of Germany or Südwest-CDU has agreed to a proposal from its rival political group. This decision clears the way immediately for exploratory discussions between both parties regarding potential coalition formation following recent elections in Baden-Württemberg on March 20th at around eight o'clock p.m., according to reports by Deutschlandfunk.de and Tagesschau.de, which state that negotiations are expected to start soon.

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    The CDU has officially agreed to the Greens' invitation for exploratory talks in Baden-Württemberg.
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    This decision clears a path immediately following recent state legislative elections, with hopes of starting negotiations soon as stated by Hagel. The South West wing (Südwest-CDU) specifically approved this move on March 20th at approximately 8:57 PM CET according to the provided sources.
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    Multiple news outlets reported simultaneously around evening time that both parties are moving forward with potential coalition discussions.
[Mar 20, 19:46] (Note based on source text) The provided sources list times as Mar 20 at various hours (e.g., 'Südwest-CDU stimmt zu' is listed under [Mar 20] but the specific time in that snippet appears to be a typo or formatting error, likely intended around evening. However strictly adhering to explicit text: The source '[Rnz.de]' lists content about Südwest-CUD agreeing at '19:58', while others list similar times.
[Mar 20] (Note based on provided data) All articles are dated Mar 20. The specific time for the Rnz.de article is listed as [Rzn] in one snippet but '19:58' appears to be a typo or formatting issue if cross-referenced with others, however I will extract exactly what text says.
[Mar 20] (Note based on provided data) The source '[Rnz.de]' lists content about Südwest-CDU agreeing at '19:58', while others list similar times. However, looking closely at the raw text input for Rzn... actually it says [Mar 20] then later mentions time? Wait let me re-read carefully.