Germany will finally have a government after Social Democrats clear the way for Merkel’s fourth term
2018-03-05 09:38:28 source：The Washington Post
March 4, 2018
BERLIN — A political impasse that kept Germany in limbo for more than five months ended Sunday as the center-left Social Democrats voted to join a government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
The vote of the party’s 464,000 rank-and-file members revives a “grand coalition” — the relatively drama-free but entirely loveless marriage of convenience between Germany’s traditionally dominant parties that governed for the previous four years.
More importantly, it averts a detour into what would have been uncharted political territory for the country, with Merkel facing an unpalatable choice between governing without a parliamentary majority or facing new elections following an inconclusive vote in September.
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