Social Democrats
Angela Merkel elected as German Chancellor for fourth time
Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.
Can’t wait longer for coalition: Merkel
Chancellor seeks quick end to last stretch of negotiations.
Angela Merkel risks leading weak coalition of ‘losers’ for Germany: analysts
Merkel, often called world's most powerful woman, will embark on 4th term with diminished influence and little vision for Europe's future.
Romanians stage protests against left-wing government, corruption
The demonstrators want the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would overhaul Romania's justice system.
German reckoning
It poses a challenge, though, for Angela Merkel, whose status as chancellor remains unchallenged, but who is now obliged to forge a new coalition.
Angela Merkel's conservatives win election in center-left rivals' heartland
Media showed Merkel's Christian Democratic Union beating the Social Democrats by 33 percent or more to around 31 percent.