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    Courtesy The Telegraph......................

    Tories build secret alliance with Eurosceptics behind Merkel's back

    David Cameron arrived in Germany for talks with Angela Merkel on Friday evening

    as his Conservative allies planned a secret deal with German Eurosceptics backing

    his bid to loosen Britain's European Union membership.

    Talks between the Tories and the new Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD), an anti-euro party,

    came to light as the Prime Minister and his family flew to Germany as the personal guests

    of the Chancellor at the castle of Meseberg, her country retreat.

    The invitation for Mr Cameron to bring his wife Samantha and his children, Nancy, nine,

    Elwen, seven, and Florence, two, to stay in the elegant 18th century castle north of Berlin

    was intended to underline that the visit was a special courtesy, "perhaps not just pure routine".

    "It is a meeting linked to numerous, highly intensive, good discussions that the Chancellor

    has had with Prime Minister Cameron," her spokesman said.

    Mr Cameron's aides admit that winning Mrs Merkel's support will be vital to his attempts

    to negotiate a looser British EU membership deal, a new settlement he has promised to

    put to a referendum by 2017.

    Angela Merkel shows David Cameron around the grounds of the castle of Meseberg (Getty Images)

    But The Daily Telegraph can reveal despite the personal warmth between Mr Cameron

    and Chancellor Merkel, the Conservatives are negotiating a secret alliance behind her

    back with Eurosceptic rivals to her Christian Democrats ahead of national elections

    this year and European polls in 2014.

    "We have made contact with the AfD but there is no formal agreement. Obviously it's a bit sensitive

    . We don't want Merkel complaining to Cameron," said a senior Conservative source.

    Silly Bill-es.............................................

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