Angela Merkel voted in for fourth term as German chancellor
(The Guardian Germany)

Pressure on new government to get down to business after months of horse-trading led to reformation of grand coalition Angela Merkel has been voted in as Germany´s chancellor for the fourth time, almost 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 - 11 more than required to gain an absolute majority, but also 35 fewer than if all the members of her next governing coalition had cast their ballot in her favour. Related: German elections 2017: full results Continue reading...