Social Democrats’ vote for ‘grand coalition’ with conservatives ends months of uncertaintyAngela Merkel has secured her fourth term in power after Germany’s Social Democratic party (SPD) agreed to form another “grand coalition” government with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).The SPD announcement ends almost six months of uncertainty in German politics, the longest the country has been without a government in its postwar history, and puts Europe’s largest economy in a position to answer the challenges for EU reform laid down by the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading…
Via: Merkel secures fourth term in power after SPD backs coalition deal
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