Pressure on unusual government to get down to commerce after months of horse-trading led to reformation of grand coalition Angela Merkel has been sworn in as Germany’s chancellor for the fourth time,nearly six months since the national election, bringing to an end the longest power hiatus in the country’s postwar history.
She received 364 out of 709 votes in the first round of voting in parliament – nine more than required to gain an absolute majority, or but also 35 fewer than if all the members of her next governing coalition had cast their ballot in her favour.
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Source: theguardian.com