Germany: Angela Merkel's New Cabinet

... their candidates were a fortiori failures. For example, the Free Democrats' nominee was 68-year-old Rainer Brüderle, a Bundestag deputy who was minister for economics and technology for under two years. The Green Party had two candidates, i.e. Katrin ... ... alliance could achieve an absolute majority by entering into a coalition with any party that enters parliament. CDU Chairman Angela Merkel, as expected, retains the chancellorship. The only scenario in which the Christian parties could lose government ...