PhotoAs anticipated, Angela Merkel’s party came in first in the German national election on Sunday, assuring her of a fourth term as chancellor. Here Ms. Merkel faces a formidable challenge. The politically greater challenge before Ms. Merkel is the loss of her coalition partner, the Social Democrats, whose years in coalition with Ms. Merkel’s conservative C.D.U. Ms. Merkel has little choice but to seek a coalition with the Greens and the pro-business Free Democratic Party. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn her victory statement, Ms. Merkel spoke of bringing back the discontented voters who cast their ballots for Alternative for Germany.

Source: New York Times September 25, 2017 00:56 UTC