Merkel in the Land of Smiles
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is celebrating a landslide election victory, having fallen just short of an outright parliamentary majority. But can her next government – most likely a grand coalition with the Social Democrats – address the difficult issues that will soon disturb the German idyll?
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BERLIN – Germany’s elections are over. The winners and losers are clear, and the political landscape has changed profoundly. The real drama, however, occurred not among the country’s main parties but on the boundaries of the political spectrum.