Merkel said she wanted to complete her fourth stint as chancellor but stressed that it would be 'her last term'.
29 Oct 2018 6:19 PM
Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.
14 Mar 2018 2:52 PM
The moderate left Social-Democrats (SPD) did even worse, with some 20 per cent, also their lowest score since 1949.
04 Oct 2017 1:53 AM
Schulz's SPD won just 31.2 percent of the votes, well below the 39.1 percent it garnered five years ago, final results showed.
15 May 2017 7:36 PM