A New Old Big Government Coalition in Germany

... referendum. For the first time, the two peoples parties – traditional political opponents – are trying, almost four years later to move Germany towards reforms which it needs so badly. Unexpected results of the vote The CDU party, led by Angela Merkel, and its junior partner the Bavarian CSU (chaired by Horst Seehofer) have become the winners of the elections to the lower chamber of the German parliament. This coalition gained 41.5 per cent of the votes on 22 September 2013 as it was ...