Merkel is chancellor for another four years—now for weeks of coalition wrangling
It wasn’t a stunning victory. In fact, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) had their worst showing since 1949, but Merkel’s fourth term as leader of Germany is secure. The official count shows that together with its sister party, the CDU won 33% of the vote. The Social Democrats, who were the CDU’s partners in the…